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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 293203, member: 112"]Yes it's possible that the black may have been toning, but it's not the beginnings - it's the left overs. Toning doesn't happen that way, it doesn't just begin in the protected areas and recesses and nowhere else. But when toning, or dirt and grime, are removed by dipping a coin, the only places you will still see it is in the protected areas and recesses.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, the black appears to have too much depth or thickness to have been toning which is why I suspect it is just the remains of dirt and grime.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 293203, member: 112"]Yes it's possible that the black may have been toning, but it's not the beginnings - it's the left overs. Toning doesn't happen that way, it doesn't just begin in the protected areas and recesses and nowhere else. But when toning, or dirt and grime, are removed by dipping a coin, the only places you will still see it is in the protected areas and recesses. That said, the black appears to have too much depth or thickness to have been toning which is why I suspect it is just the remains of dirt and grime.[/QUOTE]
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