Ugly vs Nice Artificially Toned ASEs
tneig
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I'm going to bake one tonight just to see. I'll have to pick up some sour cream.
The real reason I posted this is the ridiculous look of the bad ones that used to be sold on ebay. You'll laugh.
Personally I don't care if a coin is artificially toned or not anymore. The con is so prevalent and easy to create,
I consider them all suspect now and of base value to me. I have a few nice ones I paid ~spot~ for.
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excerpt from Coinflation posted article:
Now compare that to the artificial pastel that is created via heat. There are many ways to do this, wrapping the coin in foil or even inserting it in a potato and then baking in an oven at a certain temperature; but the purpose here is not to encourage coin doctoring so I won't be specific. Suffice to say, though, that the "pastel" will seem detached and even grainy with the silver taking on a burned look as in this doctored coin on the auction portal Proxibid.
Artificial Toned Article Link
The real reason I posted this is the ridiculous look of the bad ones that used to be sold on ebay. You'll laugh.
Personally I don't care if a coin is artificially toned or not anymore. The con is so prevalent and easy to create,
I consider them all suspect now and of base value to me. I have a few nice ones I paid ~spot~ for.
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excerpt from Coinflation posted article:
Now compare that to the artificial pastel that is created via heat. There are many ways to do this, wrapping the coin in foil or even inserting it in a potato and then baking in an oven at a certain temperature; but the purpose here is not to encourage coin doctoring so I won't be specific. Suffice to say, though, that the "pastel" will seem detached and even grainy with the silver taking on a burned look as in this doctored coin on the auction portal Proxibid.
Artificial Toned Article Link
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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They *all* look shake & bake to me.
--Severian the Lame
<< <i>I've never seen a toned ASE that I thought was attractive or original.
They *all* look shake & bake to me. >>
Modern silver coins, in my opinion, should remain silver in color and not rainbowed. Perhaps in another 100+ years or so, most will end up with a fugly tarnish anyway.
I knew it would happen.