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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1817750, member: 112"]Do you realize that at the very instant that a coin leaves the dies striking it that coin begins to tone ? So just how do you define original as something that lasts less than a minute ? Every single coin there is or was in circulation is toned, every one of them. And Air-Tites will absolutely not prevent a coin from toning. The best they can do, and the best any other kind of coin holder can do, is to slow toning down. In the coin world an original coin is defined as a coin that has not been messed with, not cleaned, and not harshly cleaned. And that is why naturally toned coins are considered to be original, because they have not been messed with. Other than the color their surfaces are original, just the way they were when that coin left the mint. Now you say you clean your coins as gently as possible, but just how exactly do you go about cleaning them ? I'm asking you that because no matter what you do or what method you use those coins are no longer original. That is not say that there are no acceptable cleaning methods, there most definitely are acceptable cleaning methods. But they are very few and far between. And the methods that most people use to clean their coins are not acceptable because those methods are considered to be harsh cleaning as opposed to cleaning. But even if you use an acceptable method the coin is no longer original.[/QUOTE]