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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3923364, member: 101855"]There are some collectors who think that all toning is good toning, especially on Morgan Dollars. That is decidedly not the case. </p><p><br /></p><p>The “good” or “monster” toning is usual blue, gold, violet and sometimes red. Mint luster must come up through those colors to make it pretty. Gray, black and dull, lifeless toning is not highly regarded by those experts who admire toning. Toning has gone too far when it turns black or when the oxidation, which is what it is, impairs or totally dulls the mint luster. “Dull” is not a factor with “monster” toning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3923364, member: 101855"]There are some collectors who think that all toning is good toning, especially on Morgan Dollars. That is decidedly not the case. The “good” or “monster” toning is usual blue, gold, violet and sometimes red. Mint luster must come up through those colors to make it pretty. Gray, black and dull, lifeless toning is not highly regarded by those experts who admire toning. Toning has gone too far when it turns black or when the oxidation, which is what it is, impairs or totally dulls the mint luster. “Dull” is not a factor with “monster” toning.[/QUOTE]
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