***Poll: Which descriptor is most effective when selling your coins?***

Goldbully

I'm becoming a fan of 'toning'.....not exactly sure why.

ex. The obverse has wonderful even golden toning.

Baley

A coin IS toned [adj.] if it HAS toning [n] or if it is toning [v.] during the toning [adv.] process.

Or, once it is done toning, it will be toned.

lostincoins

I use toned on encapsulated stable coins. I would have voted both as I do actually say toning when a coin is raw or if I know it has changed at all in the holder like ASEs .

MidLifeCrisis

Toning implies ongoing, not yet complete.

That means unstable.

That's not good.

Stuart

<< A coin IS toned if it HAS toning. -- Or, once it is done toning, it will be toned. >>

Baley's above quoted post.

bigjpst

Could go either way with me....Wonderful golden toning, or Toned with a wonderful golden hue.

pennyannie

I do not care as long as "nuclear" is in front of tone and "moon" is in front of the price and a sticker.

I prefer tone

ricko

I prefer tarnish...covers it all... Cheers, RickO

BryceM

I prefer patina, skin, or color.

........ but Rick is right. It's all just tarnish or corrosion. Truly original coins would be blast white.

ColonelJessup

<< <i>I'm becoming a fan of 'toning'.....not exactly sure why.

ex. The obverse has wonderful even golden toning. >>



The reverse has superb P-L surfaces whose impact is somewhat dimmed yet, by more traditional standards, enriched by its deep and richening halo of concentric circles of brown, ebony and mysterious opaque charcoal.

thisnamztaken

As far as eBay listings go, whenever I put "toned" in my search phrase it also brings up any coins of that year/denomination that have "toning" in the title, so I voted 6 of one 1/2 doz. of other.

brg5658

Based on the (pathetic) listings I see on eBay, I'd say these are pretty popular:

1) L@@K
(really, who searches for this stupid text string?)


2) RAINBOW
(even on butt ugly brown spottled coins)


3) MONSTER
(even on butt ugly coins)


4) !!!!!!COLOR!!!!!!
(I think it was Mark Twain who said that a person should be allotted 10 exclamation points for use for their entire life. The overabundance of overuse of exclamation points these days has made them completely meaningless. This particular sales tactic is to the extreme...)

TwoSides2aCoin

I read "opaque charcoal" and thought " the infancy of natural"
Forever toning. Never toned.

ColonelJessup

Rather the death knell of environmental damage . .

AMRC

<< <i>A coin IS toned [adj.] if it HAS toning [n] or if it is toning [v.] during the toning [adv.] process.

Or, once it is done toning, it will be toned. >>

Goldbully

The reverse has superb P-L surfaces whose impact is somewhat dimmed yet, by more traditional standards, enriched by its deep and richening halo of concentric circles of brown, ebony and mysterious opaque charcoal.

No wonder the man was promoted to Colonel.

Lakesammman

I think "Godzilla" trumps either.