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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1600217, member: 15929&quot;]And so goes the toned coin market right?</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, some bring big bucks and unless a coin has been toned using chemicals which leave a residue, it then becomes a matter of opinion as to whether or not the toning is natural.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some will say they can spot artificial tonings &quot;color progression&quot; right away while others will simply rely upon their &quot;experience&quot; (which could be the result of such &quot;experimentation&quot;) while rendering an opinion on the authenticity of the toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>My feeling is that toning &quot;subbests&quot; that the coin was collected and stored for years although my &quot;experience&quot; has shown me that sometimes, toning simply does not occur while other times it does.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve lived in humid climates and I&#039;ve live in dry climates. I&#039;ve stored coins in safes and in closets and in Dansco&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>To date, none exhibit the classic toning that some &quot;monsters&quot; exhibit. Some are just butt ugly and a lot have ,mild shades of gold or blue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good Luck in your quest John Anthony as the path you are embarking on is a path that most every toned coin collector/dealer has embarked on. Curiosity over what constitutes AT vs NT usually ends up with some type of &quot;discovery&quot; which then elicits and ethical call on what to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>One well known dealer in toned coins did some experimentation and ended up selling the pieces, fully disclosing the fact that the coins were AT but selling them none the less. Who knows if the buyers of those coins will be as open in sharing the fact that the pieces were AT?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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