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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 7815701, member: 112&quot;]Blake as you&#039;ve been told by the others literally everything matters and everything contributes to toning. And that everything includes the coin itself, which is what Jim was pointing out.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it even goes a little bit further than that when it comes to the coin itself. This is because toning is dependent on luster, and not just luster but the quality of the luster, the degree of the luster. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty much everybody knows that when coins are struck this one or that one will have a better quality of luster than another one. But what they don&#039;t realize is that higher quality, and conversely lower quality, of luster also makes a difference when it comes to toning. And, so does the type of luster. And I say type of luster because each every coin type, has its own unique type of luster. And each type of luster tones differently. </p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s how those high magnification pics of luster came to be, it was because the first time I pointed this out years ago another member took high magnification pictures of a bunch of different coins to see if I was correct or not. The result was, well you can see for yourself.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your question of when does toning become noticeable ? That largely depends on how well trained your eye is. As I&#039;ve said many times, toning begins the instant a coin is struck. So if your eye is well trained, and depending on conditions of course, you could possibly see toning differences in as little as a couple of weeks or a month. Other times it may take a few months. But it is an absolute fact that toning of one degree or another has occurred within those first few weeks. And this of course is referring to natural toning, which is what you specified.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, toning like that on the Morgan dollar you pictured, that can be duplicated in as little as few hours. And it can be done using the exact same things that caused the toning to occur naturally. This is because natural toning occurs because of the gasses in the air. Take those very same gasses, concentrate them in a confined area, and the toning will literally occur right before your eyes - as you watch. And if it was done, absolutely nobody could ever tell it was done.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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