Bullet toning

bullet toning See also target toning.
bullion Slang for coins, ingots, private issue, and so on that trade below, at, or slightly above their intrinsic metal value.

bullet toning
bullion
Slang for coins, ingots, private issue, and so on that trade below, at, or slightly above their intrinsic metal value. Only the precious metals (gold, silver, platinum, and palladium) are included as bullion.

Bullet toning
See target toning.
Bullion
Ingots, coins, or other issues that trade for their intrinsic metal value. Only precious metals (silver, gold, platinum, and palladium) are included as bullion.

This is particularly true with coins that have "monster toning" (wild toning), "target toning" or "bullet toning" (colors that change from the coin's periphery in toward to the center), "rainbow toning" (multiple colors), ...

bourse, bourse floor, boy wonder, Braided Hair, branch mint, breast feathers, Breen, Breen Book, Breen letter, Breen-Gillio, brilliant, Brilliant Uncirculated, brockage, bronze, BU, BU rolls, buckled die, Buffalo nickel, bulged die, bullet toning, ...

bullet toning Many coins were stored by collectors in the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries in holders, albums, bags and envelopes that had extremely high sulfur contents. This over time caused often dramatic toning on Silver and nickel coins.

See also: Surfaces, Planchet, Nickel, Alloy, Sheldon