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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bonedigger, post: 87205, member: 4367&quot;]At the risk of ostracizing myself from the majority of the list I&#039;d like to post the results of a little toning experiment I recently conducted with three coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have a wood burning stove down in our basement and try to use (hardwood) instead of pine or spruce.&nbsp; Anyway I discovered if you place a coin on the end of a freshly cut or split elm, oak, or cottonwood log the natural acids of the dried wood will accelerate the toning of the coin, either silver, gold, or copper.&nbsp; I initally discovered this process a few years ago when I left a 1958 Canadian Silver dollar on a log as a football bet and completely forgot about it for about six weeks.&nbsp; It toned up wildly as you can clearly see.</p><p><br /></p><p>To prove my point look at the 1835 half and many will remember it virtually WHITE a few days ago.&nbsp; I also added the Double Eagle at the same time Sunday afternoon.&nbsp; Notice the St. Gaudens with a subtle redish pink color and the 1892 8R Reales which had some natural brown on it already, it went almost totally bronze.&nbsp; This is after only three days!&nbsp; I turned each coin once (Monday evening) during the experiment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please realize I&#039;m not doing this to deceive anyone and these coins will remain in my collection never to be sold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking</p><p>Bone</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. The pictures may take a while to load[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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