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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fusiafinch, post: 659959, member: 18382&quot;]<b>eye of beholder</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Whether toning is desirable or not is in the eye of the beholder. The market will determine whether toning is desirable or not with prices realized.</p><p><br /></p><p>Toning vs. Brilliant preference has run in cycles and fads. I believe in the 70s and 80s, brilliant was preferred, resulting in many Morgan dollars getting dipped in cleaning solutions and now those are less desirable today because of the cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, I see rainbow toning is preferred, sometimes resulting in auction prices multiples higher than another example that is not toned. </p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the grade, toning by itself will not change the technical grade, but there is about 10-20% of the grading criteria that is &quot;eye appeal&quot;. This can result is a difference of grades for the same amount of marks on a coin, but usually not by more than one point (63 vs 64, ie). Also, NGC has a designation with a *, indicating that this particular technical grade has superior eye appeal. So an NGC coin graded MS63* would have better eye appeal to the average collector than a coin graded MS63. However, if there is a major mark on the coin in a prime focal area, the toning can&#039;t help that, and sometimes toning can mask marks, resulting in some people trying to hide marks with artificial toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the end, the market will price the coin according to its desirability; technical grade and eye appeal will combine to form this &quot;market&quot; grade and price.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, I prefer original coins. So that means that a coin that was struck in the 1800&#039;s will undoubtedly have toning of some sort. I accept that as an indication of original surfaces. So I prefer original surfaces. Toning will always be a part of that.</p><p><br /></p><p>To avoid toning, store the coin properly in an airtight holder under stable environmental conditions. But I wouldn&#039;t make a big deal about some light toning. In my view, it&#039;s much, much worse to clean a coin in order to remove light toning. The only time to &quot;dip&quot; a coin, IMHO, is when the toning is very dark, spotty, or ugly.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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