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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3657376, member: 15309&quot;]</p><p><span style="color: #000000">No, he espouses that there is no such thing as an untoned coin, and he is correct.&nbsp; What we perceive as untoned coins simply have a thin film interface so thin that the refracted light does not cause us to see any color on the surface of the coin.&nbsp; But the absence of color doesn&#039;t mean the coin isn&#039;t toned.&nbsp; Therefore, if you consider toned coins &quot;damaged&quot; then you must also consider untoned coins &quot;damaged&quot; because all coins have some measure of toning on the surface.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Weimar White is a crackpot who fear mongered collectors into believing that toning is &quot;damage&quot; and if left untreated, would ruin their precious coins and destroy their value.&nbsp; Conveniently, he had just the product to sell them that could save their precious coins.&nbsp; How many coins is that man responsible for destroying with his acid dip?&nbsp; The fact is that if your coins are stored properly, the existing toning layer on the coin&#039;s surface will not advance discernibly in our lifetimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure who here doesn&#039;t agree with the fact that there are different stages of toning, that end stage terminal black toning is tantamount to environmental damage and makes the coin a problem coin, or that rainbow toning can be beautiful and increase the value of the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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