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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3179067, member: 19165&quot;]I&#039;m not ready to rule this one Artificial toning just yet. The colors are the right shades, and they appear in a pattern similar to ones I&#039;ve seen before. This looks like a coin that someone saved in 1932 when it came out, because these were very popular remembrances of a very popular president. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin looks like it was wrapped in tissue paper and placed in a jewelry box for many decades. Because of its close contact with the coin, the tissue paper has toned the coin quite thoroughly. The thick toning is impeding the luster somewhat. The look is not the most attractive, and it is less common to see this look - but I&#039;m not convinced its artificial. </p><p><br /></p><p>Heat would not have produced the convincing elevation chromatics seen in his ponytail and ribbon. Notice how the color in the lower spots of his hair is deeper than on the high spots? That is often a sign of natural toning, although it isn&#039;t foolproof. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also like the look of the luster interplaying with the toning in between the devices on the reverse. While artificial toning will look to &quot;float&quot; on the surfaces, as a couple of people have mentioned, it does not appear to be doing that here on this coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=97181]@TylerH[/USER] , to help us out, please take at least two more obverse and reverse shots in different lighting conditions. Try to take them head on, and try to get them as well in focus as you can. I&#039;m not 100% convinced it&#039;s natural yet, because there are some very knowledgeable people here saying its artificial - but I&#039;m not convinced its artificial yet either. I am also going to summon [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] , because I highly respect his opinion on toned coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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