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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;About Good, post: 971990, member: 21547&quot;]Of course that is Artificail toning, and I don&#039;t mind toning myself, it&#039;s just I want everyone to know, that toning, is the first step in corroding of a coin. Metals corrode over time. Copper faster than most.</p><p>&nbsp;If it is artificial, (like the post above), it is immediatly body bagged, or now, in a genuine holder..deeming it melt value (depending on date),&nbsp; maybe more than melt value..</p><p>And if it has Natural toning, it is damaged IMHO...why would anyone want a coin that didn&#039;t look like it did straight from the mint presses the day the were made?</p><p>Those are the most valuable, imho.. Look at any other collectable, baseball cards, currency, paintings, stamps, comics, etc..</p><p>Here is an example:</p><p>Let&#039;s say we have a 2 vintage #1 edition&#039;s of the superman comic book.</p><p>1) They both appear in decent shape,</p><p>except one of them has discolored, yellow pages. And the other has perfect white pages.</p><p>which one is going to sell for more?&nbsp; hmmm...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;The coin dealers have fleeced almost all collectors of coins into beliveing that toned coins are not only acceptable , but are premium.....The emperor has no clothes...but, collect what you want.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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