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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 8524527, member: 84179"]When I was in grad school, I used an atmosphere controlled box for my thesis. When I used ammonia, the copper tubing turned a similar shade of blue. If only toned coins were popular 35+ years ago, I'm sure I could have been a coin doctor. Adjust the NH4 concentrations, add a little heat, maybe some low sulfur levels. A bell jar, vacuum pump and some NH4 or H2S for toning the coins in slabs, and I would have been in business. <b>Better coin collecting through chemistry</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Don't forget that that AT isn't necessarily <u>artificial </u>toning. It is real toning but highly <u>accelerated. </u>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 8524527, member: 84179"]When I was in grad school, I used an atmosphere controlled box for my thesis. When I used ammonia, the copper tubing turned a similar shade of blue. If only toned coins were popular 35+ years ago, I'm sure I could have been a coin doctor. Adjust the NH4 concentrations, add a little heat, maybe some low sulfur levels. A bell jar, vacuum pump and some NH4 or H2S for toning the coins in slabs, and I would have been in business. [B]Better coin collecting through chemistry[/B] Don't forget that that AT isn't necessarily [U]artificial [/U]toning. It is real toning but highly [U]accelerated. [/U][/QUOTE]
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