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<p>[QUOTE="statequarterguy, post: 792116, member: 21782"]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Lol! Glad I didn't intend to tone those coins, as they did in the album they’re in.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I'd have to say for my own taste, as long as it was done well, it doesn't matter if someone aided nature, thus producing what I've come to recognize as natural toning, meaning exposing the coin to what it would naturally come in contact with. On the other hand, if the coin has been exposed to chemicals it would not normally come in contact with or to extreme concentrations, thus producing extreme results, not expected naturally, then I'd have to reject the coin as "unnatural". </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Well, I can see this is a "touchy" subject, as there are purists who do not accept "manipulation". However, if the coin was put in an album known to tone and produced beautiful natural toning, how could any say for sure that it was manipulated? So, why not accept and enjoy the coin as long as it looks natural?</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="statequarterguy, post: 792116, member: 21782"][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Lol! Glad I didn't intend to tone those coins, as they did in the album they’re in.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I'd have to say for my own taste, as long as it was done well, it doesn't matter if someone aided nature, thus producing what I've come to recognize as natural toning, meaning exposing the coin to what it would naturally come in contact with. On the other hand, if the coin has been exposed to chemicals it would not normally come in contact with or to extreme concentrations, thus producing extreme results, not expected naturally, then I'd have to reject the coin as "unnatural". [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Well, I can see this is a "touchy" subject, as there are purists who do not accept "manipulation". However, if the coin was put in an album known to tone and produced beautiful natural toning, how could any say for sure that it was manipulated? So, why not accept and enjoy the coin as long as it looks natural?[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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