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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3071196, member: 10461&quot;]I would&#039;ve guessed it could be natural and just spent a long time in an old album, but since the previous two respondents seem pretty confident it was cleaned, I guess I can&#039;t really contradict that, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve bought partial sets of silver coins in the old blue Whitman folders and seen quite a few with this kind of toning.&nbsp; Whether the coins were cleaned beforehand or not, I can&#039;t say, but I would imagine this kind of toning (or <i>re-</i>toning, as the case may be) forms over some extended time.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- original or not, I don&#039;t dislike the look on this particular coin, though &quot;just a dab will do ya&quot; with this sort of toning.&nbsp; When it gets too mottled or streaky or covers wide swaths of the coin&#039;s surface, I&#039;ll pass.&nbsp; But in this case, since it kinda highlights the design features, I find it OK.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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