[Poll] What kind of coin toning do you prefer for your collection?
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1 Golden Toning 
2 Blast White 
3 Rim Toning 
4 Rainbow/Intense Toning 
[Poll] What kind of coin toning do you prefer for your collection?
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Especially a gold or copper tone rim really gives a look of antiquity.
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Peace dollars aren't the best examples of toning because they don't often tone well, and there is no option for "All of the above."
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My vote is for Peace dollars only
It'll be different per series.
A long time back when I was putting together an album set of P$'s it would have been none of the above.. but I was doing dirty original circs, so my thoughts on toning don't really apply here..🤓
If you're asking about what I prefer for other series as well..? Dirty Original..
I prefer it on my gold coins
I buy what I like. I guess it’s really personal for each of us. One thing that doesn’t enter my thought process is AT or NT. I only care if I like it. It’s art to me.
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My toning preferences vary with age and the coin series. Blast white is fine for modern coins, but not so great for something that is 100+ years old.
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The example for "Rainbow/Intense Toning" isn't what I would call rainbow or intense.
Here's an example that would qualify for me:
Rim toning first, golden toning second, rainbow last and blast white only if I want a placeholder coin until I find a toned example
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Rim/light toning is the best all around, but I also like blast white on most modern coins and some rainbow/heavier toning if it isn’t terminal and if it enhances the eye appeal without muting the details. I go through great effort to keep my blast white raw modern coins from toning by using airtight containers with desiccant and I try my best to keep slabbed coins from toning further than they were when slabbed by using intercept slab protectors and boxes. I have lots of albums too, even a bunch of Wayte Raymond ones. I keep my albums in Tupperware like containers with desiccant, knowing they will still tone, but hopefully slowing down the toning enough to keep it from looking AT and from going terminal.
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My answer would depend on the era in which the coin was made. Modern silver coins should be blast white. Early silver coins should at least have some light toning. A two hundred year old silver coin that is untoned just doesn't look right to me.
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The more color the better. I like an array of different colors.
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Blast white for me.
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This isn't a question I can answer broadly. For my Peace Dollar set, I prefer blast white. For my Washington Silver Quarter set, I am building a collection of dual-sided toners. The context of the series is intrinsic to my preferences regarding toning.
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Definitely depends on the coin for me.
Mixed hues
Aged Rose gold color
Steel Gray
Semi-Rainbow
Charles III Album
Charles III Portrait Set
Charles IV Album
Charles IV Portrait Set
Spanish Colonial Pillar Set
Even if you love blast white coins how can you not like a wonderfully toned coin.
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"What kind of coin toning do you prefer for your collection?"
Well no mention of coppers. I'd say 75% of my collecting is Lincolns, Indians, FE's, and Large cents which I prefer a nice chocolate brown for the 100% & 95% coppers and a subdued Goldish color for the 88% Copper/12% Nickel cents.
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My fave is the deep blue tone one finds on certain silver coins stored for long periods of time in the sulfur impregnated mint bags. I have one my grandfather gave me that is flawless and a rich blue. He and his two fellow workers found a bag of 1880 morgans when remodeling a bank and the banker allowed them each to keep one ( this was in the fifties so the coins had been exposed for decades to the sulfur bag but no sunshine). To me it is perfection in toning.
I like multiple layers of age and that aren’t too dark and have luster coming though
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
It all depends. I like different looks on different coins, and I also like different looks on the same coins. Sometimes other traits of a coin are brought out by a certain type of toning. That said, the intense toning example doesn’t look intense to me, so while I may like it in general, that example isn’t exactly exciting.
In short, as a general question I can’t answer with just one option.
I prefer extreme original rainbow toning. When bought right, these are easy to make money on compared to the others.