"Follow The Leader" coin thread BY THEME (for ALL types of coins, tokens, and medals)

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Turkey, Greece or two headed, s'il vous plait

 

Turkey



Let’s change the theme to
“ Toners “

 

OK, "Toners"

 

Toner
Let's see some more toners.

 

This one toney, A?

 

How about some toned Victorian Pennies:

 

Can't forget the Canada Cents.
More Please.

 

We still doing toners, right?

 

toning. I find these hard to get true color in photo.

more...

 

Sometimes I feel confused about "toning" on coins. An old copper or bronze coin gets a chocolate brown with age and lots of handling. A silver coin might get black with tarnish. Is that all considered to be toning? What if a coin has a lot of green verdigris or environmental damage, is that also toning? Some of the UNC specimens I see with rainbow colors call themselves "toned" and just look artificially gaudy to me. I like a good, honest look to a coin, ya know? Now that previous Indian Head Cent is a beauty, not besmirching that one at all.

 

I always think of toning as the color spectrum of the rainbow. And I also think
that "Toning" is a colorful word for "Patina", which seems more fitting to copper coins with all the hues of chocolate.

More toners and/or patinas.

 

I just remembered this one, and I have posted it before. I bought it because it was so doggone pretty.

 

Artofficial toning.

 

That is a super nice coin. Really like that Wood Grain look on the reverse.

 

Natural Toning.

More toners and/or patinas.

 

Some nice toners posted, those woodies are really neat. Continue same Theme