When toning begins on a coin, is it obvious that it will be killer or ugly?

LanLord

A question I have always wondered about.

When a coin begins to take on color, is it immediately obvious that the coin is going to have really good eye appeal or will be a blotchy piece of shiit? Or, do some blotchy coins actually evolve into beautiful swans?

Baley

sometimes.

dorkkarl

my opinion is that you can usually take a pretty good guess.

K S

MadMonk

<< <i>my opinion is that you can usually take a pretty good guess.

K S >>



yea, like he said

cladking

Great question. It's one that would be very difficult to answer with any authority
without a great deal of study over a long period of time. I've never known anyone
who is good at this sort of knowledge.

With some tarnish it would probably be apparent to someone who is more obser-
vant and has more experience than I. Some problems develop very rapidly like car-
bon spots on copper, but most take many years and probably looks much different
at each stage.

Dog97

If it starts out dark & ugly toning then it will grow up to be a dark & ugly toned coin.
If it starts out with light colorful tone then chances are it will stay that way.
Butt butt sometime I've seen them start out with light plum or purple periph from a Dansco or other holder and I say man that's going to be pretty but then the purple turns brown, then dark brown, then almost black and it's not so pretty.

cdwegner

a new expression... watching a coin tone.. kind of like watching paint dry... or waiting for water to boil, huh...

Shamika

Or watching the grass grow!

Shamika

I agree with Dog. If it starts out with ugly toning then it be an ugly toned coin. If it starts out with light colorful toning then it likely will stay that way until the toning becomes too heavy.

airplanenut

If tonecoin is doing it, you can be assured it'll be ugly... fast

LAWMAN

I wonder if anybody has ever done a study of photos of a coin as it toned from year to year, month to month or whatever. You know, like those time lapse photos of the flowers opening and closing? Only it would have to be a long time.

windwhispersintrees

It all depends how hot the propane torch is.