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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fusiafinch, post: 649513, member: 18382&quot;]<b>toning</b></p><p><br /></p><p>More &quot;natural&quot; ways to tone a coin (takes time, weeks to years)</p><p><br /></p><p>1) put coin in older coin album with sulfer based cardboard or paper.</p><p>2) put in paper envelopes for storage.</p><p>3) put it on a windowsill in sunlight</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>some questionable ways:</p><p><br /></p><p>4) bake in oven</p><p>5) put in chemical, like bleach. (test on cheap coins first)</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the most beautiful toned coins were stored in old albums and are perfectly acceptable. Old Morgans were toned in the Treasury bags where they were stored in the vault, and highly sought after today. If you can reproduce that......</p><p><br /></p><p>I have silver eagles that have acquired toning by placing in cheaper cardboard holders and it took less than a year to notice it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t advocate artificial toning by harsh chemical means. I believe that to be unethical. But once, I experimented with an old silver quarter that was cleaned. I tried to make it look old again by putting it in bleach. It made the coin grey again, but it wasn&#039;t anything like original wear. Just made the cleaning less noticeable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some thoughts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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