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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 1654572, member: 37839&quot;]No malice intended, and&nbsp; apology accepted.&nbsp; It is just that there is a controversy about toned coins--people tend to either like them or hate them, with little in between.&nbsp; If one doesn&#039;t like them, fine--just understand that the NATURAL state of a 150 year old coin is to have some sort of color, as Silver reacts with the atmospheric and storage condition around it.&nbsp; NO silver coin, unless it was hermetically sealed in an airless vault would be brilliant, blazing white after that period of time.&nbsp; So, if you can imagine all the Morgan dollars that are shiny and new looking having been dipped, it is far more accurate than the representation that coins from the 1870s-1900 or so are bright, white today.&nbsp;&nbsp; This has nothing to do with the level of surface preservation--the two are completely different issues.&nbsp; One could have a MS 68 heavily toned coin, as the surfaces of the coin are untouched by any wear and have minimal marks.&nbsp;&nbsp; Likewise, one could have a bright, shiny coin that has many contact marks and evidence of wear.&nbsp; The two (toning and surface preservation) are completely exclusive of each other.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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