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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3022553, member: 112&quot;]It&#039;s not just your observation, everybody else has observed it too - especially the mint ! The modern small dollar coins have without a doubt the single most reactive coinage alloy that has ever been used in the US. </p><p><br /></p><p>Clear back in 2000 when the first Sackys were released the mint began coating the coins, after striking, with what they called a special coating to try and stop or at least reduce very fast and unsightly toning on the coins. Since then they&#039;ve tried many formulas for the coating - nothing works. The problem is in the alloy, it&#039;s just that simple.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do the best storage methods help ? Yeah, sometimes they do - other times not. As is true in all cases regarding toning it depends on the many variables involved. So some have good luck with it while others never do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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