toning question

MacCoin · November 9, 2003 10:59PM

if you leave a SE in the dinning room window for 3 years and it toned a beautiful gold iis that natural toning or am you now a coin doctor

Placid · November 9, 2003 11:00PM

Its natural to me.

FC57Coins · November 9, 2003 11:43PM

That's natural toning in my book - you haven't added anything to the coin and it has turned naturally on it's own.

MacCoin · November 10, 2003 12:14AM

I did add light

braddick · November 10, 2003 12:30AM

<< <i>I did add light >>

God said, "Let there be light".

You added the coin.

RiffRaff1967 · November 10, 2003 12:37AM

I think that would be Natural Toning. If I left a SE in the window for three minutes, my cats would have it on the floor knocking it back and forth. Then the dogs would get it, carry it off, chew and lick it.
In three years it would probably be AG - no toning.

Baley · November 10, 2003 12:47AM

there is no discrete line, one side natural, the other side artificial.

you helped the coin get color, but you didn't paint or bake it on in one day.

I'd say it's more natural than artificial, and you're just a little bit of a doc.

Cam40 · November 10, 2003 12:49AM

hmmm , Is promoting toning comsidered doctoring?

Some say so.

Could be viewed as mis-handleing or improper storage?
But what about display coins. Those raw coins can tone with little or no effort.
Are those AT`d ? Again, some say so.

Everyone has different opinions on color and what they like or dislike. There seems to be a market for
just about any coin with color so its not surprising to see many toning attempts. Some good some not.

Personally my idea of what good color on a coin can change sometimes depending on my mood.
So tone your pieces and be happy, just dont expect someone like me to pay big premiums
for something I could create myself.

MacCoin · November 10, 2003 12:57AM

well to me its still a $6.00 SE that set in the window 3 year but I'ld be crazy if someone offered big bucks for it and I didn't sell it. Color on a SE is so common I don't see that happening.

Bubblehead · November 10, 2003 2:23AM

And God said "Let there be light."

And the XO said, "Belay that. Darken ship!."

Had to get that out! Natural toning, of course...

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