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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1970 Silver Art, post: 944862, member: 18828&quot;]I do not think that the price will change with silver toning (tarnish). When it comes to pure bullion such as JM or Engelhard silver bars, then they will sell for its silver value regardless of if there is toning or not. However, there are some people who collect certain silver bullion that like toning and will pay more for a toned silver bar on ebay than for a &quot;bright and shiny&quot; silver bar. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For example, silver art bars that sell on ebay MIGHT have more bids (and maybe a higher winning bid) if it was toned but that is not always the case. Sometimes toning will not make any difference at all for some of these silver art bars that sell on ebay. I think that when it comes to silver art bars especially old &#039;70&#039;s silver art bars, then &quot;rarity&quot; values will play a more important role than toning when it comes to the large premiums that some of them will fetch on ebay. I prefer silver art bars that are &quot;bright and shiny&quot; but also have silver art bars that are toned. There are certain silver art bars that I just love regardless if they are toned or not. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When it comes to certain silver art bars that I like and that are still &quot;bright and shiny&quot;, then I will use airtites. Some of my best ones I put in a Dansco Album if I am trying to complete a set of certain silver art bars. Some of them that I like but still have a little bit of toning on the edges I might put in air-tites or in a Dansco Album. I know that Dansco albums are not the same as air-tites but I like to keep certain ones in a Dansco album and certain others in air-tites. Most of my silver art bars that I bought are in those plastic flaps that are hard (and somewhat brittle) plastic flaps. There are also quite a few silver art bars that I have that are not in air-tites, plastic flaps, or in a Dansco album but they either already had a lot of toning on them when I bought them or I just did not bother getting around in putting them in those plastic flaps. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Since I am technically not a U.S. coin collector and I might be wrong on this but when it comes to numismatic silver (i.e. certified Morgan dollars and &quot;raw&quot; Morgan dollars), then toning will play a much bigger difference in terms of how much a silver coin will sell for on ebay as opposed to one that is &quot;bright and shiny&quot;. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for gold, it does not tarnish as far as I know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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