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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 811732, member: 112&quot;]It&#039;s been discussed many times in the past, but I can&#039;t recall it ever being asked like you put it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the simple answer to your question is that the coins with the most &amp; brightest luster will tone better &amp; faster than the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that may not seem like it makes much sense. But it does if you study the differences in the types of luster that the various series of coins have. The Peace dollar for example has a much more subdued luster, (a satiny luster), than a Morgan does. So toned Morgan dollars are much more plentiful than toned Peace dollars. That&#039;s because if you examined the surface of a Morgan at the microscopic level you would see that it is much rougher than the surface of a Peace dollar. The surface of a Peace dollar is almost smooth compared to a Morgan. So the coins that have a rough luster, like a Morgan, will tone much more readily than the coins that have a satiny finish like the Peace.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now when it comes down to it, the coins with the satiny finish are small in number. Peace dollars and early commemoratives are about the only ones, besides those designated as having a satin finish like the &#039;94 &amp; &#039;97 satin nickels. But there are series that are satiny to a lesser degree and thus tone less readily than others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frankies, for example tone less readily than Walkers, or other earlier halves. The nickel, because of the hardness of the metal and thus having a different type of luster, tones less readily than the silver or copper coins. Proofs tone less readily than business strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>But all of that said, examples of any coin you can think of can be found with beautiful toning. But some can be found more easily than others. Colorfully toned Peace dollars are the hardest to find of them all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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