Home› U.S. Coin Forum

What does "TRACES OF ORGINAL TONING" mean to you?

ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
in U.S. Coin Forum
Bonus question: What company or dealer am I quoting above?
Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!

Comments

  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Its dipped and a little survived ? Its a original coin with just a little tone ? The tone is real and not AT ? Hmmm.....I do not know.

    Bonus Part: I do not know for sure. I see this very often when looking for Mercs.

    Ken
  • hookooekoohookooekoo Posts: 381 ✭✭✭
    CLEANED !!!
  • NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Traces of orginal toning must be referring to organic animal or vegetable matter left on a coin after wiping or a light dip.
    Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver
  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    could mean it's just beginning to tone. PLENTY of non-messed-with coins have traces of original tone

    K S
  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    I agree with Ken ... Incomplete dip image

    No clue on the ID, though.
    image

    My OmniCoin Collection
    My BankNoteBank Collection
    Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    brown to gold toning in trace amounts.
  • bearcavebearcave Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭✭✭
    cleaned and pci
    Ken
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    It means the oxidation was so thick it could not be dipped off........or, it means run away, far away!
  • OnlyBuffalosOnlyBuffalos Posts: 817
    I believe I have seen that description on coins offered by Heritage. It typically is used on coins graded XF or AU.
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    "Not well cleaned"
    coinimaging.com/my photography articles Check out the new macro lens testing section
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    To me, it means that the coin is mostly toning-free, but that it has a little bit of/hints of/some toning. And, that the toning is original.
  • beartracks42beartracks42 Posts: 2,834 ✭
    To me, it could mean any number of the thoughts mentioned above. My thought is that I would not buy it without having it in my hand first.
    Gary
    image
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm only guessing here, but that sounds like wording Heritage would use.

    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Either an unmessed with coin with just a little bit of toning, or (more likely, IMO) a toned coin that was dipped, but a little of the toning still remains.
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    It means that there is a small amount of toning on the coin. But it is a strange way of saying it.
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

    The first time it was cleaned, it wasn't completely cleaned
    image
    My posts viewed image times
    since 8/1/6
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,964 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "Traces of Orginal Toning"

    > I dipped it, but all of that ugly black crap did not come off.

    OR I ran out of Brillo and sandpaper. image
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    They had to leave it in the Jeweluster for over an hour and the gunk still didn't come off--------------BigE
    I'm glad I am a Tree
  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭


    << <i>brown to gold toning in trace amounts. >>



    Some of the first colors to start after dipping silver are brown and "gold".

    Billy
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭



    << <i>I believe I have seen that description on coins offered by Heritage. >>




    << <i>I'm only guessing here, but that sounds like wording Heritage would use. >>



    DING DING DING! We have two winners!!


    Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>brown to gold toning in trace amounts. >>



    Some of the first colors to start after dipping silver are brown and "gold".

    Billy >>



    Glad someone caught that. image You see this on oh so many Morgans.

Leave a Comment

BoldItalicStrikethroughOrdered listUnordered list
Format
SpoilerCodeQuote
Heading 2Heading 1
Emoji
:):D:(;):/:o:s:p:'(:|B):#:*<3o:)>:)
Url
Image
Align leftAlign centerAlign rightToggle HTML viewToggle full pageToggle lights
Drop image/file
Home • U.S. Coin ForumComment As ...