What to do when your bored and the wife wants you to grill some salmon for dinner? Hmmm, what is this I have? Hmmm, pretty ugly. Let's see what can I do about it? Oops, I seemed to have splashed it with some kinda of mixture of spices and olive oil (EVOO of course). Didn't mean to do this actually. Oh well... Maybe some acetone will get that off... Well...no, it didn't...
Bought a roll of 1962 proof cents. About half a dozen of them were horribly toned, so I experimented at stripping them with eZest, and then re-toned by baking to 450 degrees...
Discoloring it on the bbq? Why? My grandparents had a hand full of those dollar coins when I was a little kid that they gave to me to play with. I absolutely loved the reverse side of the coin. It's one of the influences that got me interested in astronomy as a young kid.
I think the Ike would have toned nicely in the soy/ginger/maple syrup glaze I use on salmon. Just an idea.