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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 2989530, member: 24314"]mikenoodle, posted: "..after hearing this many times, I have to ask what in the package is causing the toning?" I've heard the same thing and then decided to check it out for myself.  Remember that it is important to consider who you hear things from and then verify what they tell you.  Let's forget what we heard before and think this out... Is it the "brown box?  Could be.  First, we have the complete container and the environment it is kept in.  The coin is sealed in a plastic holder that is inside the box that is surrounded by its environment.  So anything in the environment including anything in the box materials can affect the coin. Is it the red plush "velveteen"?  That's included in the box material and anyone who knows about velvet knows that can affect a coin.  Since the coin is not in contact with the material, only gassing from it part of the container can affect the coin. [USER=307]@mikenoodle[/USER] says: "It certainly isn't the plastic."  Why not?  What touches the coin in the box?  Why do many of these coins tone in with a reaction ring around their circumference?   So...I don't have an answer to your question.  It is probably a combination of things.  I think it may be like the haze on my car windshield down here in FL.[/QUOTE]