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<p>[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 4891881, member: 93702"]Just to clarify: I am not a "coin collector" in the normal sense. I have never had any interest in modern coins - I didn't start there and switch to ancients. I enjoy history and stumbled upon ancient coins... so my knowledge of some basic principles and language around coin collecting is lacking.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question is about toning. I have heard terms such as "cabinet toning" which seems to be a sort of darkening of the coin.. then some ancients have other types - such as this coin that I own - which I think is very attractive:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180661[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My assumption is that this is a reaction of the silver wash on the coin with something in the environment.. cabinet wood, something in the earth where it was found? Correct me if I am wrong. So this coin is about 1800 years old or so..</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I see examples like this (NOT my coin): a coin 140 years old.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180673[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Does the modern "metal" used react differently to the environment? I would not think so as Google tells me Morgan Dollars are 90% (or so) silver.</p><p>How does this happen? is this even real?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 4891881, member: 93702"]Just to clarify: I am not a "coin collector" in the normal sense. I have never had any interest in modern coins - I didn't start there and switch to ancients. I enjoy history and stumbled upon ancient coins... so my knowledge of some basic principles and language around coin collecting is lacking. My question is about toning. I have heard terms such as "cabinet toning" which seems to be a sort of darkening of the coin.. then some ancients have other types - such as this coin that I own - which I think is very attractive: [ATTACH=full]1180661[/ATTACH] My assumption is that this is a reaction of the silver wash on the coin with something in the environment.. cabinet wood, something in the earth where it was found? Correct me if I am wrong. So this coin is about 1800 years old or so.. Then I see examples like this (NOT my coin): a coin 140 years old. [ATTACH=full]1180673[/ATTACH] Does the modern "metal" used react differently to the environment? I would not think so as Google tells me Morgan Dollars are 90% (or so) silver. How does this happen? is this even real?[/QUOTE]
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