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<p>[QUOTE="Delawarejones, post: 171329, member: 7008"]<font face="Century Gothic">Okay, I will agree that all toning is natural, it can be accelerated with additives.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Century Gothic">I have purposely enveloped several coins to encourage toning. This process will take years to complete.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Century Gothic">The idea of taking a liquid (additive) and toning a coin overnight is repugnant. There are additives that can be purchased that create wild rainbows. I have seen pictures, not good ones, but nonetheless the coins look good (if rainbows are your bag). The only people who would do this are out for a fast buck, and I suspect if you looked at the coin under 10x or better you could probably detect the difference.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Century Gothic">As it goes with all raw coins, thoroughly inspect, just like you would with a car. Buyer beware, always.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Century Gothic">Delawarejones</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Delawarejones, post: 171329, member: 7008"][FONT=Century Gothic]Okay, I will agree that all toning is natural, it can be accelerated with additives.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]I have purposely enveloped several coins to encourage toning. This process will take years to complete.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]The idea of taking a liquid (additive) and toning a coin overnight is repugnant. There are additives that can be purchased that create wild rainbows. I have seen pictures, not good ones, but nonetheless the coins look good (if rainbows are your bag). The only people who would do this are out for a fast buck, and I suspect if you looked at the coin under 10x or better you could probably detect the difference.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]As it goes with all raw coins, thoroughly inspect, just like you would with a car. Buyer beware, always.[/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic]Delawarejones[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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