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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 8394989, member: 118540&quot;]To me, leaving a coin by a window, is natural toning. EDIT : No. It&#039;s artificial toning.</p><p>To me, leaving a coin in an acid free envelope, is natural toning.</p><p>To me, leaving a coin outdoors, is natural toning. EDIT : No. It&#039;s artificial toning.</p><p>To me, leaving a coin in a cabinet, is natural toning.</p><p>To me, using any chemicals, or something like rotten eggs, is artificial toning.</p><p>I would not want a coin, that is artificially toned.</p><p>Many ancient silver coins, have been cleaned blast white, for which the original toning has been eliminated. Then, later, they naturally toned, which is often called &quot;cabinet toning&quot;, because many ancient coins are kept in cabinets.</p><p>Some ancient coins even have natural, rainbow cabinet toning.</p><p>Here&#039;s one of my ancient coins, which seems to have some natural, rainbow cabinet toning, in front of the nose, forehead, and hair. It also seems to have some original gray, brown, and black toning, in the protected parts of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT : After thinking about it some more, I think that, even leaving a coin by a window, or leaving a coin outdoors, is artificial toning, if it is done, for the purpose, of hastening the toning a coin. It now seems to me, that anything that is done, for the purpose of hastening the toning of a coin, is artificial toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1489697[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexander III The Great Posthumous Issue AR Tetradrachm. 280 BC to 200 BC. Odessos Mint. Price 1163. Diameter = 28 mm. Weight = 16.74 grams. Obverse Heracles In Lion Skin. Reverse Zeus On Throne.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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