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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JrCoin, post: 1092186, member: 18390&quot;]For clarity, I&#039;m saying those are good means of storage if you wish to encourage natural toning....natural toning is a process that takes years, artificial toning takes minutes.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Artificial toning to me would be the use of match heads, baking, electrical current, or some application of chemicals.&nbsp; Someone who is out to pull a fast one, in other words.&nbsp; I&#039;ve done a little research in this area and feel fairly comfortable with identifying most examples of artificial toning, although I may not know what caused it.&nbsp; Bright neon colors, abrupt breaks in color gradients, spotting...a natural tone will look like it permeates the coin, while an artificial tone will float on the surface like a fresh coat of paint.&nbsp; I know there are some real good tone doctors out there that could probably fool me but most of the hack jobs are pretty obvious when you know what to look for.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The picture you posted is the one I&#039;m talking about!&nbsp; I find dark nickels from circulated change all the time, but I&#039;ve never seen in person a real black beauty.&nbsp; Any idea how that kind of toning is achieved?&nbsp;&nbsp; I know that war nickels have a tendency to darken because of their composition but that deep rich blue, that is something else!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, I looked up the original post you had on that coin, and no, I wasn&#039;t talking about the sinstered planchet, whatever that junk is...I wouldn&#039;t want one, even if they are charging $250 on home shopping network or whatever....is that coin artificially toned?&nbsp; You said you knew someone who could do that with AT, I want to know if that is possible naturally.&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing your friend used anodizing?&nbsp;&nbsp; Like this link?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrA7Jyw1uOs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrA7Jyw1uOs" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrA7Jyw1uOs</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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