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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gbroke, post: 1498149, member: 22585&quot;]Ill say this, the toning on this Kennedy is most likely natural. However, artificial or natural is irrelevant (to most) because it is not a desirable color or type of toning. </p><p><br /></p><p>Telling the difference between NT and AT:</p><p>I could type for hours about this, but the whole topic is not as easy as black and white. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obvious Artificial:</b></p><p>Chemicals, cooking, or some other form of rapid toning are the easiest to spot as they show strange patterns, the color doesn&#039;t&nbsp; flow through the devices properly, and most importantly the colors and their intensity are a dead give away.&nbsp; Crayon colors, progression of one color to another are just not right.&nbsp; Experience in seeing toned coins, both artificial and natural, is the best way to get better at judging. However I will link you to some obvious artifical toned coins on ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are artificially toned coins:</p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fhaleyschevy%2Fm.html%3F_trkparms%3Daid%3D333005%26algo%3DRIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D15%26meid%3D917429755053197950%26pid%3D100016%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D2%26%26item%3D271024668752%26rt%3Dnc%26_trksid%3Dp5197.m1997%26_trksid%3Dp4340.l2562" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fhaleyschevy%2Fm.html%3F_trkparms%3Daid%3D333005%26algo%3DRIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D15%26meid%3D917429755053197950%26pid%3D100016%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D2%26%26item%3D271024668752%26rt%3Dnc%26_trksid%3Dp5197.m1997%26_trksid%3Dp4340.l2562" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/sch/haleyschevy/m.html?_trkparms=aid%3D333005%26algo%3DRIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D15%26meid%3D917429755053197950%26pid%3D100016%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D2%26&amp;item=271024668752&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p5197.m1997&amp;_trksid=p4340.l2562</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Natural toned coins:</b></p><p>If you see enough NT coins, you really start to make better judgments. </p><p>Learning the various environments that tone coins is key.</p><p>For example:</p><p>Album toning</p><p>roll toning</p><p>mint set toning</p><p>bag toning</p><p>etc...</p><p><br /></p><p>These are naturally toned coins:</p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fstores.ebay.com%2Fkryptonitecomicsandcoins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fstores.ebay.com%2Fkryptonitecomicsandcoins" rel="nofollow">http://stores.ebay.com/kryptonitecomicsandcoins</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I will also qualify this with:</p><p>Even the TPG&#039;s can&#039;t tell the difference sometimes. They will more times then not, question the color. Plenty of AT coins have made it into slabs, and plenty of NT have not.</p><p>Also, if you are looking to buy a toned coin, start with the quality of the coin before you even look at the toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t get me started! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>-greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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