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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2989579, member: 112&quot;]I certainly think that is a big part of it. Coupled with the the differences in the alloys, and whatever the environment happens to be where the individual coins were kept. Those things have to play a part as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>The outer hard plastic box is acrylic, and that&#039;s inert. And it&#039;s same with GSAs. The inner black material, certainly looks to be the same with GSAs. And it&#039;s not unheard of for GSA Morgans to be toned either. But the toning pattern on them, well, it&#039;s never the same as it is on the Ikes. At least I&#039;ve never seen one that was. This leads me to believe that the inner black material is also inert. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Ikes however, whether toned or just with haze, the pattern is always pretty much the same. The haze always starts at the outer edges, and is circular. And the toning always starts at the outer edges, and is circular - in the early and mid stages. Later on, yes it can cover pretty much the entire coin but those example are far outnumbered by those with the circular pattern. It&#039;s this more than anything else that&#039;s always convinced me that haze is nothing more the early stages of toning. </p><p><br /></p><p>And also that there has to be something about the outer cardboard boxes that the Ikes came in because the GSA coins also have outer cardboard boxes and they don&#039;t tone in anywhere near the proportions that the Ikes do, or in the same patterns.</p><p><br /></p><p>But bottom line, with any toning it&#039;s always going to be a combination of things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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