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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 893024, member: 15199&quot;]I have absolutely no problem with you doing this with your coins, but I really have a hard time with the use of the word &quot;natural&quot; here. The box was formed from wood by use of the human hands and machinery. It was then filled with herbaceous material containing tannic acids and other volatile substances which absorbed into the wood ( which has tannic acid also), this material was removed from the box and then coins were added inside. Now I could accept the ones at first as being non-intentional , but then to rotate and flip them to enhance toning negates this for the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not trying to get on your case, just trying to illustrate the difficulty of separating &quot;Natural&quot; toning and &quot;Artificial&quot; toning, as the difference is in the motivation and intent of the coin owner rather than any chemical process.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think eventually it will be &quot;Market acceptable&quot; toning vs. &quot;Non Market acceptable&quot; toning. </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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