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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PyrotekNX, post: 87693, member: 3918&quot;]The toning appears original.&nbsp; It does not appear to be cleaned and retoned.&nbsp; I am aware that toning has nothing to do with age.&nbsp; The color of toning is fairly consistant with toning found on early wheats.&nbsp; This is why I said 75 years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To answer your question whether a coin can be dated based on the amount of toning.&nbsp; No you cannot base the age on toning alone.&nbsp; Toning can only give you clues about an age and it&#039;s authenticity.&nbsp; You cannot reproduce natural toning on a coin, especially if it has been cleaned.&nbsp; The Indian coin seems to have been a pocket piece because it shows a moderate amount of wear.&nbsp; It has appeared to retone somewhat in the worn areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t believe it could be anything else than a pattern coin.&nbsp; The pattern could be anything including being a commemorative coin.&nbsp; The people who were originally involved in it&#039;s creation have probably passed away.&nbsp; There isn&#039;t a record for every pattern coin ever made and there are new discoveries all the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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