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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3324692, member: 112"]It might be but if it has been I've never seen nor heard of it being published anywhere. But then published to me means in a numismatic article, website, and or book. But it has been discussed on this forum many times and for quite a few years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've talked about how each coin type has its own unique form of luster, and how and why the different forms of luster affect toning for almost as long as I've been on this forum. But in 2006 some of my comments caught the eye of member [USER=6641]@USS656[/USER] and he decided to take some high mag pics to see for himself. He posted them here -</p><p> <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/morgan-toning-vs-peace-toning.12578/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/morgan-toning-vs-peace-toning.12578/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/morgan-toning-vs-peace-toning.12578/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years several other members have taken the same kinds of pics and discussed the issues. And in each case most folks reading them have learned a good deal. So I would suggest you do your experiments, take high mag pics of different coin types and see the many different forms of luster for yourself. And play around with the wiping, polishing, and different forms of harsh cleaning and then photograph those as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is by doing things like this that one learns what is really what with coins and how it happens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3324692, member: 112"]It might be but if it has been I've never seen nor heard of it being published anywhere. But then published to me means in a numismatic article, website, and or book. But it has been discussed on this forum many times and for quite a few years. I've talked about how each coin type has its own unique form of luster, and how and why the different forms of luster affect toning for almost as long as I've been on this forum. But in 2006 some of my comments caught the eye of member [USER=6641]@USS656[/USER] and he decided to take some high mag pics to see for himself. He posted them here - [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/morgan-toning-vs-peace-toning.12578/[/url] Over the years several other members have taken the same kinds of pics and discussed the issues. And in each case most folks reading them have learned a good deal. So I would suggest you do your experiments, take high mag pics of different coin types and see the many different forms of luster for yourself. And play around with the wiping, polishing, and different forms of harsh cleaning and then photograph those as well. It is by doing things like this that one learns what is really what with coins and how it happens.[/QUOTE]
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