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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 699613, member: 19165&quot;]Sorry for my somewhat abrupt reply earlier. Lehigh is indeed correct, his knowledge on toning is superb. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are a number of things that immediately should warn you off of a coin like this. The first is the electric blue, neon, painted on look of the coin. The second is the abrupt transitions. Toning should have more of a rainbow gradual look. The third is that the seller has a large number with identical toning. There was a recent brouhaha where a few toner collectors discovered a major artificial toning operation that produced extremely convincing fakes - and they did it only because there were so many coins that looked similar hitting the market at the same time. These fakes were very convincing, and fooled even many of the experts. </p><p><br /></p><p>The fourth thing that I noticed immediately was the date. In 1959, the mint switched to cellophane packaging for their mint sets - before that it was cardboard. The 1957 that Lehigh posted came from a mint set and has the classic look. Because the plastic did not contain sulfur, coins 1959 and after are much harder to find with toning. Even if you do find toned coins of this date, the look is much diffreent. Knowing the right look of toned coins for their year, era, style, or probable storage is important. A coin stored in an album will look different than a mint set coin, or an envelope stored coin, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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