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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3732679, member: 84744&quot;]Quiet a few of my favourite CT coins are posted in this thread. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The term &quot;toning&quot; tends to be used for silver coins, but it&#039;s also a standard term for gold, though more rarely encountered since gold is so unreactive.&nbsp; This suggests to me that the term refers to a microscopically thin though visible layer of metal that has reacted with the air.&nbsp; So can AE coins exhibit toning too?&nbsp; Why not!</p><p><br /></p><p>I think many ex Dattari folles are toned.&nbsp; Either he had a large source for unpatinated folles or (more likely IMO) their scanty patinas were stripped a hundred years ago, and his storage method toned them.&nbsp; Quite a few even show irridescence.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000856[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I call this &quot;Dattari toning,&quot; though I haven&#039;t noticed anyone else taking up this term.&nbsp; Yet. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And some silvers if you don&#039;t think that one counts!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000857[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000858[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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