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Is it common for early gold to be artficially toned?

SethChandlerSethChandler Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭✭
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Especially AU to low end Unc. ?
Collecting since 1976.

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  • raysrays Posts: 2,421 ✭✭✭✭✭
    More commmonly, early gold has been well-scrubbed to remove toning. Orange-gold coloration is often considered "original" and highly desirable as such.
  • littlewicherlittlewicher Posts: 1,822 ✭✭
    Can gold get beautiful rainbows?


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  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    Early gold is rarely "artificially toned", though, as mentioned, it is often cleaned. It is also often "altered" by adding substances to the surfaces to hide/cover up wear, cleaning and/or abrasions, etc.

    Gold coins do not turn "rainbow colors" naturally. Occasionally you can find them with a bit of golden-orange and /or pink/rose coloration.

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