Toning Factory? Or just a great spot to store coins?

ABSilvercoins · February 21, 2007 5:50AM

Toning Factory

I have read with interest the recent threads about AT and NT. Toning experts, please tell me if what I am doing is natural or artificial...

I put a (slabbed) coin high on a shelf in the room above my garage a few years ago. In about 3 months, I looked at it again and it then had the most beautiful indigo blue toning I had ever seen. Subtle, but pleasing to the eye.

...So I put my Dansco's with some lesser-value coins on that same shelf. SAME RESULT except not quite as dramatic. There are a couple of dimes that went rainbow-SCARLET red which I've never seen before.

The shelf is high up, near the ceiling and I have kept all of the nick-nacks in place so as not to destroy my 'toning area'.

Am I an AT wanker? Or an NT wonk?

Opinions are being solicited. Have fun. The photo is an actual inside look at a toning factory <g>

Cladiator · February 21, 2007 5:51AM

Got any after-pics of the toned coins?

Preussen · February 21, 2007 5:56AM

<< <i>Am I an AT wanker? >>

Sorry, but I vote Yes -Preussen

50cents · February 21, 2007 6:07AM

Lets see some pictures

pharmer · February 21, 2007 6:11AM

I agree with everyone else. First pictures, then comments.

TwoKopeiki · February 21, 2007 6:16AM

Intent is hard to prove, but when you admit to it ... I'd say AT all the way.

ksteelheader · February 21, 2007 6:25AM

Who cares??

ABSilvercoins · February 21, 2007 6:59AM

The question I asked is whether or not I can consider these coins naturally toned. Regardless of what's in the pictures, these coins toned in a Dansco album in about 4 months. The same album they've been in since 1986 without toning until relativvely recently.

There was no action taken other than placing them on a shelf where I had first stored (hidden actually) a single coin and noticed that it toned nicely in that spot inside my home.

<< <i>Intent is hard to prove, but when you admit to it ... I'd say AT all the way. >>

So, what I'm thinking makes all the difference? If PCGS bags these coins, it is because they know I wanted them to tone? Or is it because I moved them from the bedroom to the bonus room?

Just trying to understand this AT/NT thing.

Thanks.

Dime 1
Dime 2
Dime 3
Dime 4
Dime 5
Dime 61
Dime 71
Factory
Quarters
Dime red

librtyhead · February 21, 2007 7:14AM

NT fer shur.............in an album, on the shelf, it did'nt happen overnight. But I like white coins.

MadMarty · February 21, 2007 7:17AM

It's from the magical farting Billy Bass!!!

librtyhead · February 21, 2007 7:21AM

put em in the fish and see what happens.

Goober · February 21, 2007 7:25AM

Hmm...does this area have a higher moisture content? Is it causing bleeding from the album?

MadMarty · February 21, 2007 7:29AM

It's a gas from the shelf, I have a stained shelf at home and it will tone coins. I had a capitol holder and it turned the Kennedy Halves blue!

ABSilvercoins · February 21, 2007 12:07PM

You can't tell from the picture, but that shelf is up next to the ceiling. It is probably the warmest place in the house, and stays maybe 77-79 degrees. I think the humidity is very dry in that spot.

Toning Factory? Or just a great spot to store coins?

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