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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 7794117, member: 112&quot;]Many times it is the fault of the collector due to his storage methods or improper handling, but by no means is it always the collectors fault. Sometimes it&#039;s simply a matter of chance. There are literally a thousand different variables that can cause toning, and quite often a collector has no control over those variables. You also have to realize that back then, which was 50 years ago or close enough, that collectors had not yet figured out what proper storage methods even were yet. It was still 10 years or so in the future before proper storage methods would be understood. And longer, before they would be widely accepted. Even today a great many collectors still use cardboard coin albums and folders, all of which are harmful to coins. Point being, many folks still refuse to use proper storage methods.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for why Ikes and not Morgans. Well, as I said previously, the mint was constantly changing things in the minting process trying to help stop coins from corroding - constantly ! Some things worked to a one degree or another, and some things didn&#039;t. And sometimes there were differences in the alloys used to make the coins. The .900 silver might be the same, but the mixture of the other 10% could be all over the map. It could be this for one coin something completely different for another coin. Stuff like that matters - and changes things. Lastly, brown Ikes were Proofs, Morgans weren&#039;t - that alone makes a huge difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>The primary thing you need to understand is that for as long as the mint has existed they have made a continuous effort to stop coins from corroding - toning. But, there simply isn&#039;t anything that can be done to stop because it is the nature of metal to corrode. And that, that is absolutely not the mint&#039;s fault - nor is it the collector&#039;s fault - it&#039;s just a fact of life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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