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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;walterallen, post: 520418, member: 4068&quot;]He is absolutely correct. Natural toning is a roll of the dice. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are brave and a patient person you can try something along these lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>Find a fairly new unfinished wooden box and store the coins in there for a period of a few years. You can see the change over time. Getting the colors and the pattern you prefer is pure luck, if it occurs at all. </p><p><br /></p><p>Purchase Whitman press board coin books and &quot;with gloves on&quot; insert your coins and let them sit for years. Also inspect them from time to time and you&#039;ll find that some want to tone and some don&#039;t. I use this technique with my Ike and SBA, and also the Statehood quarters. I also cover them, in the books with heavy duty paper. It seems to facilitate the reaction. It has been a few years now and I have watched some of them begin with a dark haze that slowly turns colorful. Actually I noticed color specks start then that area gets more intense. I&#039;m loving it. At some point I will remove them from their toning environment and store them in airtites, where they should continue to tone deeper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: I use only BU coins. I haven&#039;t tried NT any circulated coins. I&#039;m too into BU coins period. Once I have perfected my technique with modern coins I plan to NT some of my BU Early American silver coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Allowing the ambient temp to reach 100+ should facilitate the reaction process, but be careful of moisture, you want toning not corrosion to occur.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Good Luck and Keep on Collecting!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Allen[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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