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***SAE Envelope Toning Experiment: EXACTLY 2 YEARS LATER!!!***
ChuckC
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I was intrigued by one forum member who found a rainbow toned silver eagle in his drawer after leaving it in an envelope for years. That promted me to conduct a similar experiment of my own. I liberated a 1993 american eagle from it's PVC flip (damage has already occured) and placed it in a No. 10 envelope that I have adorned on top of my dresser mirror. I will report the progression throught the year.
DAY 0 (11/12/2004):
DAY 72 (1/23/2005):
DAY 138 (4/1/2005)
The coin sits heads facing up in the envelope which probably explains the differing intesities of toning on both sides. I placed several matches on each side of the coin during this latest stage. For the next 70-80 days, I will place it tails facing up.
DAY 198 (6/1/2005)
look what happened to the reverse when a match was laid on top of the lower right corner...yuck!
DAY 258 (8/1/2005)
Includes diffuse light photo. Back to reverse side facing up for the next two months
DAY 318 (10/1/2005)
After two months w/ the reverse side facing up, the toning around the rim has moved inward. I think the coin is topping out as far as dramatic toning.
DAY 365+13 (11/25/2005)
Toning has slowed a bit. Much more red/magenta on obverse this time around
DAY 581 (6/18/2006)
Lotsa blue.
EXACTLY 2 Years Later (11/12/2006)
Not much change...used the less effective one-bulb technique this time around (Couldn't find my dual bulb lamp)
I was intrigued by one forum member who found a rainbow toned silver eagle in his drawer after leaving it in an envelope for years. That promted me to conduct a similar experiment of my own. I liberated a 1993 american eagle from it's PVC flip (damage has already occured) and placed it in a No. 10 envelope that I have adorned on top of my dresser mirror. I will report the progression throught the year.
DAY 0 (11/12/2004):
DAY 72 (1/23/2005):
DAY 138 (4/1/2005)
The coin sits heads facing up in the envelope which probably explains the differing intesities of toning on both sides. I placed several matches on each side of the coin during this latest stage. For the next 70-80 days, I will place it tails facing up.
DAY 198 (6/1/2005)
look what happened to the reverse when a match was laid on top of the lower right corner...yuck!
DAY 258 (8/1/2005)
Includes diffuse light photo. Back to reverse side facing up for the next two months
DAY 318 (10/1/2005)
After two months w/ the reverse side facing up, the toning around the rim has moved inward. I think the coin is topping out as far as dramatic toning.
DAY 365+13 (11/25/2005)
Toning has slowed a bit. Much more red/magenta on obverse this time around
DAY 581 (6/18/2006)
Lotsa blue.
EXACTLY 2 Years Later (11/12/2006)
Not much change...used the less effective one-bulb technique this time around (Couldn't find my dual bulb lamp)
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<< <i>What is a #10 envelope? >>
Here's the exact one I am using
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<< <i>toss in a cuppla match-heads ! >>
After they had been lit, or unused? I have a tin that I keep some coins in to tone. I've struck matches blown them out stuck them in and then sealed it back up.
<< <i>toss in a cuppla match-heads ! >>
ooo, not a bad idea! I added a piece of brown paper bag paper about a month ago. I'm gonna locate me some match heads! good question...used or unused?
btw, I bent back the flap to keep the envelope open which allows more oxygen to do its work.
<< <i>(Of course, you'll need to get a fertilizer that has sulfur in it). >>
Sounds like a crappy way to tone coins!!!
....and then after you've made the bomb, all you have to do is park the truck in front of the building.
<< <i> Some fertilizer might work well too due to the high sulfur content. (Of course, you'll need to get a fertilizer that has sulfur in it).
....and then after you've made the bomb, all you have to do is park the truck in front of the building. >>
Well, you need more than just fertilizer for that, but I'm not going to get into that. (Thankfully, the Govt. has made it a lot tougher to get the type of fertilizer that those sickos need. The fertilizer you buy at a gardening/hardware store has been 'contaminated' to make that use pretty much impossible.). Anway, lol, you could probably take one of those coins and leave it on the tank portion of a toilet in the bathroom. After a few months of taco and bean burrito dinners, it should have a nice sulfur tone to it.
Too bad you didn't begin the experiment with a coin uncontaminated with bodyoils. On the other hand, it's a nice elegant experiment that shows how what begins as a relatively inoccuous print can become more and more apparent as time goes on.
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reverse changed on me big since I had it facing up these last two months!
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look what happened to the reverse when a match was laid on top of the lower right corner...yuck!
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Might be worth a try on your next experiment.
Thanks for sharing this. Interesting and nice pics.
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<< <i>If you just put it into the envelope, no matchheads, no fertilizer, no processed burrito vapors, just leave it in the envelope for a year or so and it comes out with a great tone-is it AT or NT?
Hmm I thikn if you purposely tone a coin, it is AT. But it wasn't toned artifically but naturally. So..hard quesiton
That REALLY does explain why some of the highest graded coins look like they've been found in a pile of cow patties.
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BTW, thanks for sharing and the coin really does look phenomenal.
Next thing we need to do is somehow use this natural stuff that's in sewers, Everywhere USA, refine it and then our cars will run like rockets. The only purpose for oil at that point will be to lubricate cars' chassis and parts that are metal on metal. I assure you, there would be no Gas shortages as this is indeed a viable solution/ alternative to that so-called problem..
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<< <i>If you just put it into the envelope, no matchheads, no fertilizer, no processed burrito vapors, just leave it in the envelope for a year or so and it comes out with a great tone-is it AT or NT?
Would you call it PT? (purposefully toned) or ET (experimenatlly toned)? Is PT the same as AT or does AT have a negative connotation associated with it whereby sellers of AT coins shake'n'bake their inventory with hopes of generating above average returns?
Tom
It has produced various results. I wish I had the camera skills to show you guys. I have an Accented Hair in a PCGS holder in the window sill, which made the Kennedy turn a nice gold around the edges. The holder is slightly dull, but if it keeps looking nice, I will just re-holder it if PCGS lets me.
Wayte helped me make some really nice Franklins. I left Wayte in the bathroom, in the window sill, and in the basement. Some of the Franklins turned a blue around the rims, some turned slight rainbow, and some just turned dull.
Another interesting thing that happened, was that I left a plain 'ol 1981 proof set in the window sill for about 4 years and the Kennedy and Nickel turned a nice blue purple.
One of these days I will get them all together. Out of sight, out of mind you know.
Michelle
<< <i>#10 envelope is the standard business mailing envelope? And you stored the matches in direct contact with the coin? I believe I will storing some coins in this fashion
Yes, and I put about five various unused matches around the rim. I accidentally set one match on top of the reverse (hence the ugly black spot).
Should I keep the experiment going for another year?
Neat experiments all around...
Yeah, I had a lot going on.... and just had to take a break from Coin collecting....
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