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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2928375, member: 112"]And nobody was trying to say that they do only that. </p><p><br /></p><p>You just got here yesterday and what you have to understand is that this thread is merely an extension of a discussion in several other recent threads that has been ongoing for some time now. And since the title of this thread is - Difference between red and brown copper toning? - that is what was being discussed in this thread because it applies to the other threads.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the chemistry of toning, that could be discussed for weeks but the average person isn't going to understand it - nor would it even matter to them. What the average person cares about, and I'm including some pretty advanced collectors in that group, is what they can see, what they can discuss and understand in laymen's terms. Talking about the chemistry of toning to most collectors, well you might as well be discussing particle physics because all it does is confuse the situation - not make it better.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said I certainly have no problem with the discussion of it, but in the end how much good is it going to do ? The vast majority of collectors don't care if it's oxides, or sulfides, or sulfates, or or or that make the coins the color they see. What they care about is the color they see - and whether they like it or not. And, the basics of how it got that way - the basics of the toning process in other words.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2928375, member: 112"]And nobody was trying to say that they do only that. You just got here yesterday and what you have to understand is that this thread is merely an extension of a discussion in several other recent threads that has been ongoing for some time now. And since the title of this thread is - Difference between red and brown copper toning? - that is what was being discussed in this thread because it applies to the other threads. Regarding the chemistry of toning, that could be discussed for weeks but the average person isn't going to understand it - nor would it even matter to them. What the average person cares about, and I'm including some pretty advanced collectors in that group, is what they can see, what they can discuss and understand in laymen's terms. Talking about the chemistry of toning to most collectors, well you might as well be discussing particle physics because all it does is confuse the situation - not make it better. That said I certainly have no problem with the discussion of it, but in the end how much good is it going to do ? The vast majority of collectors don't care if it's oxides, or sulfides, or sulfates, or or or that make the coins the color they see. What they care about is the color they see - and whether they like it or not. And, the basics of how it got that way - the basics of the toning process in other words.[/QUOTE]
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