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<p>[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4863466, member: 111037"]On the surface it sounds simple, but it is actually a difficult question. If I had a choice of 2 coins, same type/same price but one bright the other one dark, which one would I go for? The answer is the one that does the design justice. Usually if the coin is of high artistic detail, I would say that bright is best, but in a 'tired' coin a bit of toning would be of benefit as it helps to outline the design by having the high points bright and the main flan darker. A nice example of what I mean is my Corinth stater:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1174848[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, the 'old cabinet toning' is almost like part of the design and it is more evident in hand. But too dark would not do it for me. A silver coin needs to look silver and if it is too toned you can't help wonder what it would look like cleaned and it makes you stare at the baking soda every time you open the kitchen cabinet <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4863466, member: 111037"]On the surface it sounds simple, but it is actually a difficult question. If I had a choice of 2 coins, same type/same price but one bright the other one dark, which one would I go for? The answer is the one that does the design justice. Usually if the coin is of high artistic detail, I would say that bright is best, but in a 'tired' coin a bit of toning would be of benefit as it helps to outline the design by having the high points bright and the main flan darker. A nice example of what I mean is my Corinth stater: [ATTACH=full]1174848[/ATTACH] In this case, the 'old cabinet toning' is almost like part of the design and it is more evident in hand. But too dark would not do it for me. A silver coin needs to look silver and if it is too toned you can't help wonder what it would look like cleaned and it makes you stare at the baking soda every time you open the kitchen cabinet :hilarious:[/QUOTE]
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