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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 35882, member: 112&quot;]We&#039;ve recently had a couple of threads where toning - or for those who prefer, tarnish ( someday you may see the light&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) - and the effect it can have on the value of a coin was discussed briefly. So I thought I&#039;d show you an example. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, understand - this does not happen EVERY time and with EVERY toned coin, but it does happen quite often. </p><p><br /></p><p>Take a look at the coin in this recently closed ebay auction - <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;rd=1&amp;item=3954854484&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;rd=1&amp;item=3954854484&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> - see the closing price - $267 ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Now since this is a world coin, many of you may say - OK - so ? Well this is the so - that coin is graded as MS64. I own 2 coins of the same design, within a few years of that one, that are graded as MS67, by the same company. And yet I paid approx $75 for each of my coins - and I paid too much&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And before you ask, no the coin in this auction is not a rare date nor a rare mint mark. It is not exceptional in that regard or its grade. The only thing that makes it exceptional is the color - the toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>And no, this doesn&#039;t just happen with world coins either. In fact, with many US coins - it gets even worse - or better depending on if you are the buyer or the seller&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I have seen US coins with exceptional toning bring up to 10 times as much as an untoned example of the same coin, of the same date &amp; mm and of the same grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s the effect toning can have on value&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tarnish indeed&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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