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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1407825, member: 15309&quot;]I purchased this Morgan Dollar in June 2002 for $718.75.&nbsp;&nbsp; The photo is no longer attached to the auction archive record but I saved the image shown below.&nbsp; I sold the same coin last November for $776.25.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=292&amp;lotNo=6078&amp;lotIdNo=94008" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=292&amp;lotNo=6078&amp;lotIdNo=94008" rel="nofollow">1886 Morgan Dollar NGC MS65 June 2002</a>--------------------------------------<a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1161&amp;lotNo=8471&amp;lotIdNo=81023" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1161&amp;lotNo=8471&amp;lotIdNo=81023" rel="nofollow">1886 Morgan Dollar NGC MS65 November 2011</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars/Picture1289.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars/MD1886NGCMS65OHHeritagesmall.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I stored the coin in a safe in an air conditioned house with no desiccant or any other protective materials.&nbsp; There was no appreciable change in the appearance of the coin for almost a decade.&nbsp; This coin provides anecdotal evidence that toning is very stable when stored properly and will remain relatively unchanged for decades and IMO centuries.&nbsp; They will certainly not change in our lifetime.&nbsp; The coin also shows anecdotal evidence that the rainbow toned market is alive and well despite the constant predictions that it will crash any day, but that is a discussion for another time.</p><p><br /></p><p>In order to accept this concept, one needs to understand the toning process and how these coins toned in the first place.&nbsp; Most Morgan Dollars developed rainbow toning while stored in canvas bags kept in bank vaults for decades.&nbsp; The coins that developed rainbow toning like the coin shown above were in direct contact with the sulfur rich canvas bag which was the toning source.&nbsp; However, those coins not in contact with the canvas appeared essentially blast white over a century later.&nbsp; The only toning source they came in contact with was the hydrogen sulfide gas present in the atmosphere.&nbsp; While there is an oxidation layer on the surface of these coins, it is essentially undetectable to the human eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin in a TPG slab is in contact with an inert plastic insert and although not air tight, the holder does provide some protection from the ambient atmosphere.&nbsp; The point of all this is that without direct contact to a sulfur rich toning source, the silver sulfide layer on the surface of a coin will not advance at a rate appreciable to the human eye.&nbsp; Have no worries, if you store your coins properly using inert materials in a climate controlled atmosphere away from sources of hydrogen sulfide gas, your toned coins will remain stable and unchanged long after you have gone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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