Toning

Ok I have read the post about annoying newbie questions and I am sure that this will somehow fit into that category but I hope not. I was wondering why people like toned coins. Whats so great about them. Personally I like nice ones that look new. To me its like seeing an oil spill in the rain. I understand if you all like them and thats fine I was just wondering what the reasons were for them being saught after and worth more.
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a toned piece catches my fancy and floats my boat. I tend to go for the crescent
type of toning on Morgans. But occasionally I find pleasure in dollars that have one
entire side toned or mottled.
Dang, sorry but I don't know what I like! Some of both is a good answer!!
bob
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<< <i>Ok I have read the post about annoying newbie questions and I am sure that this will somehow fit into that category but I hope not. I was wondering why people like toned coins. Whats so great about them. Personally I like nice ones that look new. To me its like seeing an oil spill in the rain. I understand if you all like them and thats fine I was just wondering what the reasons were for them being saught after and worth more. >>
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<< <i>Yes, experienced collectors like Mint State coins, but they don't like coins that look like they have been fooled with. Most any 100+ year old silver coin, except some Morgan dollars which were stored in bags in vaults for many years, that is bright white has been dipped. Many collectors prefer "original" coins that have their original skin. Dipping removes small amounts of metal; it does not [Stop] the toning process. >>
Well said, Mr. Jones! You and other contributors to this thread my enjoy the following two articles:
Collecting and Appreciating Naturally Toned Coins, Part 1
Collecting and Appreciating Naturally Toned Coins, Part 2
<< <i>Can coins that are only a few years old be toned? I was searching through some rolls of nickels that I picked up from the bank and found a 2002 jefferson nickel that was nice and rainbowed. Don't know to much about toning so I figured I would ask. >>
If exposed to high levels of heat or chemicals or other reactive substances of course. Ask the Morgan people, coins can tone in a matter of days. Just try not to get caught up in the AT/NT battle. Think of it as Market Acceptable (Pretty like a flower) or Not Market Acceptable(over the top or crudely done) while thinking about it as even if it was "NT" does the phrase improperly stored come to mind? You will hear a few people ask "were the GSA bags improperly stored then?" as there counter argument. Which I say yes holding silver in high surfer bags or what not for 75 years is not standard numismatic practice but even putting that to the side it seams like every other common date Morgan must have been a GSA one with the amount of so called NT coins on the market. Outside of that series every other rainbow colored coin or electric blue seated or Barber coin I come across looks like second( or third or fourth) skin to me from leaving the silver exposed after a dip. My two cents.