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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2344524, member: 26302&quot;]I agree with Doug. Toning used to be a big negative to a coin, precisely because it could hide defects. People in the past were not evil by dipping a coin, it was accepted to show there were no defects on the coin that toning might hide.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can you retone? Of course. Will it completely hide scratch marks? No, or course not. It can fool new collectors, but not experienced ones. Dealers used to take a defective coin, clean it, then retone it to make it look nicer. It didn&#039;t make the cleaning go away, but made the coin look better.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, slightly different question. Can a dealer tone a coin that has not been damaged? Absolutely, and there is almost no way you will ever know. Think about that when you see the sky high prices for &quot;pretty&quot; toning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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