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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bruthajoe, post: 4241811, member: 108656&quot;]<font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">I did appreciate this conversation, so I came back to say so.&nbsp; The toning is IMO just evidence of oxidation and exposure. If you are dedicated to truly preserved pieces there should be no toning at all. It can be considered unlikely a 100 year old piece can meet that requirement, so the other option is to accept the &quot;patina&quot; as gracefully aged. More modern coins will be more likely to survive with no sign of toning or better to say &quot;well preserved&quot;. Sometimes you just want an old coin to look old. I do enjoy my old looking coins. I can not hide the fact that they are old and so feel compelled to exploit it. Yes a truly MS coin should be exactly that, the state in which is was minted. </font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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