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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1587410, member: 112&quot;]A lot of people have the idea that natural toning takes a long, long time to occur, many think of it in terms of decades. And yes, depending on conditions, it can take decades, sometimes. But toning is a matter of degree, so it depends on how you define whether a coin is toned or not. The truth of the matter is that toning, natural toning, begins to happen the moment that a coin is ejected from the coin press. If you look at a coin that was minted a week ago, that coin is toned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now some reading this are probably skeptical about that last sentence, they are saying - no way, a coin doesn&#039;t tone in a week. But it does, it absolutely does. Think about it for a minute. Do you think a coin just sits around for the first few years of its life and only then does it begin to tone ? Do you think somebody throws a switch or something to start the process ? No, of course not. The toning begins the very instant that the coin leaves the dies. And depending upon the conditions and what happens to that coin after it leaves the dies, that toning will vary. But it will nonetheless be there on every coin. Some will be toned more than others and some will be toned less.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now just to give you an idea of just how fast toning can occur, I&#039;m going to show you some pictures. The first picture is a coin that was dipped in Tarn-X, straight Tarn-X no dilution, for about 2 seconds and then rinsed. And only the bottom half of the coin was dipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]220653.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The picture was taken almost immediately. As you can see, all traces of toning were removed. The coin was then set on my windowsill, just set there out in the open.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now here is a picture that was taken 3 days later.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]220654.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Quite a bit of difference isn&#039;t there, and in only 3 days. Now the lighter area over by the date, that area was rubbed with a pencil eraser. That&#039;s why it&#039;s still lighter and did not tone as fast as the left side did. But even that area by the date toned in just 3 days. But it didn&#039;t take 3 days for all of that toning to happen. It started happening immediately. I merely waited 3 days for the change to be more readily visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now here is the same coin after 43 days.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]220655.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Again a huge change in a relatively short period of time. It didn&#039;t take decades, it didn&#039;t take years, it took 43 days for that toning to happen. And it all happened completely and totally naturally. All I did was to leave the coin sitting there, undisturbed, on my window sill.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now no, I am not saying that each and every coin will do exactly the same thing. They can&#039;t do exactly the same thing because every condition, every situation,&nbsp; is different. This is a coin that I subjected to the harshest coin dip that I could think of as part of a little experiment. Some will remember it because I&#039;ve posted these pics before. But the effects of the toning, and the speed at which it happened are a pretty good illustration of what I&#039;m talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if that toning is what can happen naturally, in that short of a time period. Then imagine how fast a coin can be toned if you are trying to tone it using artificial methods. Yes, it can be done in only a few hours. Heck, it can be done in minutes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the question asked by the OP was how could you NT a coin in a few hours. And as TomB pointed out, it can&#039;t. But a coin can be AT&#039;d in a few hours. The second, unasked part of the question is - can that AT toning be done in such a way so as to make the toning appear, and be accepted, as being natural toning ? The answer to that question is a definite yes - it can be done. It has been done, and more than just a few times. And if you don&#039;t want to believe that, well then you are just fooling yourself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can the average Joe do it ? Sure, if someone tells him how.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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