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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 6597171, member: 9270&quot;]Toning became popular 5-10(?) years ago.</p><p>People thought colorful toning was &quot;appealing&quot;.</p><p>It caught on and now they cost more than for coins with normal gray toning.</p><p>But I don&#039;t think there is any catalog-type listing for them.</p><p>Value is simply a function of what the seller wants vs. what a buyer will pay.</p><p>If you want to see something REALLY ridiculous wait until someone develops color grading <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I personally don&#039;t care much for colorful toning.</p><p>I&#039;ll save money by buying coins with normal gray toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>But at one time I thought (and still do) that the pastel coloring on some nickels was appealing.</p><p>I read somewhere that it was mostly on the silver war nickels because of the small amount of manganese used.</p><p>But I never attempted to collect them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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