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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PyrotekNX, post: 88216, member: 3918&quot;]I can tell that those coins are all artificially toned.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1968-S-PROOF-KENNEDY-50C-SUPERB-RAINBOW-TONED_W0QQitemZ8355343966QQcategoryZ41103QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1968-S-PROOF-KENNEDY-50C-SUPERB-RAINBOW-TONED_W0QQitemZ8355343966QQcategoryZ41103QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1968-S-PROOF-KENNEDY-50C-SUPERB-RAINBOW-TONED_W0QQitemZ8355343966QQcategoryZ41103QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at the toning, you can see how it&#039;s floating on the surface instead of being a layer of corrosion on the coin.&nbsp; Essentially toning is corrosion and the surface of a genuine toned coin appears crusty, not mirror smooth.&nbsp; You can tone any coin like this with a halogen lamp.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bullseye toning is a dead giveaway that it&#039;s artificial.&nbsp; Essentially he is selling a damaged coin.&nbsp; Some people also gold or silver plate their coins and sell them at a premium.&nbsp; All this means is that your coins will appreciate in value the more people ruin coins in their own collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last year at a fair I saw a guy who used a fine toothed hacksaw to remove all the fields and then he would either gold or silver plate, mount in a bezel and sell them as jewelry.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this was the guy I saw.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://internationalcutcoins.com/index.cfm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://internationalcutcoins.com/index.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://internationalcutcoins.com/index.cfm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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