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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 1685920, member: 18320&quot;]Boy, have I got a lot to learn!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been laboring under the impression that &#039;toning&#039; was a two-atom thick surface coloration due to exposure to atmospheric reactants; that anything else was dirt, soil, crud, skin-oil, dried beer, etc..&nbsp; And now you appear say that almost anything on the coin surface is toning!&nbsp; And <b>then</b> you add the modification: ...the <i><u>remains</u></i> of toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ye gods and little fish hooks, man!&nbsp; I&#039;m beginning to understand your viewpoint about coin-cleaning...I&#039;ll wager that you believe, almost invariably, that &#039;as-found&#039; is sacrosanct.&nbsp; Am I correct?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to thank you for being so gentle in your past comments about my fetish for clean-down-to-the-alloy!&nbsp; Some of my arguments must have been terribly offensive...not to mention my use of words like filth, gunk, crud, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I&#039;ll not ask your forgiveness; but will try to learn more about <b>&quot;toning&quot;</b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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