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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kurisu, post: 5357053, member: 117063&quot;]There is measurable science to the progression of authentic toning and to me it&#039;s even a bit like an original patina on old furniture. The real thing can&#039;t be duplicated and is simply just gorgeous at any age. It&#039;s beyond character...if coins and furniture could talk!</p><p>After holding and looking at truly a lot of toned coins you really can quickly tell if it&#039;s artificial toning rather than from real long-term age, a truly rare and unique &quot;patina&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fun side note...</p><p>There are interviews with Q David Bowers talking about (around 1951) how they used to find these Morgans and things that were toned on only one side from contact with the canvas mint bags for years. And he simply couldn&#039;t understand how so many double sided toned coins were showing up because how could the canvas bag be touching both sides of a coin lol! So he knew people who liked them were already finding ways to speed that process up. But he said in the early 50&#039;s most dealers and serious collectors just avoided them.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1227350[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1227348[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1227349[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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