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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coppermania, post: 1311366, member: 18304&quot;][ATTACH]147806.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]147807.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks Lead, I appreciate your input. I agree with it on one level, but I disagree on another. I must say that when it comes to toning I prefer the words intentional, unintentional to natural, unnatural as all toning is a &quot;natural&quot; process. With that said, I would add from my experience, that blue on copper is one of the first and easiest colors to show up weather intentional or not. When we know that colors develop on coins all by themselves (sitting in a paper envelope, a stained wooden desk, etc.) a blanket statement that all blue is intentional is pretty strong. To me, that is the same as saying every toned coin such as a Morgan dollar or Buffalo nickel is a home science experiment. </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I found this 1955 S Lincoln cent pop out of a sack of cents that had been stashed for years. It was a mixed lot of all dates and grades and I kept it as one of the surest examples I could find that blues happen all by themselves. Sure, it isn&#039;t a total blazer, and the real gaudy bold colors probably should get a pass, but with copper, you buy it one way and bring it home and it pretty much does what it wants. Maybe I buy a nice RD cent and put it in my gun safe with some freshly cleaned, oiled guns and next season Whala! not red anymore, and probably on its way to brown or blue. That is one of the reasons I prefer copper in the MS BN designation, coins that have full detail, but have made most of their final transition that is inevitable, and if blue want&#039;s to develop at that point, that is a bonus in my book. </p><p><br /></p><p>Matt[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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