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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark_h, post: 717945, member: 3726&quot;]Depends on the toning and your definition of toning. Red Brown and Brown are toning.&nbsp; I am not into the wild rainbow toning.&nbsp; Some toning just does not appeal to me and my personal opinion is that they are not worth the money they sometimes bring.&nbsp; I will admit the eye appeal on some(especially IHC&#039;s) can make me ooh and ahhh because they are nice(look at the penny ladies coins) - but they are not my cup of tea to collect.&nbsp; But I prefer more subtle toning - and some of the dark toning hides the luster. Too bad anaconda&#039;s site closed down it used to have some really nice ones.&nbsp; It also depends on the coin and its surface as to what I like.&nbsp; For IHC&#039;s I like lusterous redbrown or plain brown, on buffalo nickels I like the lusterous light golden toning and on silver(like morgans) I like subtle light golden toning around the edges that do not interfere with the luster that these puppies can have. Just my personal opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>As too the coins posted above the mercury dime I would pass on - not that it is not a nice coin, it is, just not my cup of tea.&nbsp; On the seated dime I would have to see it in hand, but would probably pass on it - again it is still a very nice coin.&nbsp; The local coin shop had a AU/MS capped bust half that everybody just oooed and awwed over when I was down there one - it had blue toning like this and I passed because in hand, while nice, I did not think it was original or my cup of tea.&nbsp; Again, just my opinions and not meant to offend anyone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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