original toning Term for the color acquired naturally by a coin that never has never been cleaned or dipped. Original toning ranges from the palest yellow to extremely dark blues, grays, browns, and finally black.
Original toning - Referring to a coin that has never been cleaned or dipped. Original toning ranges from a very mild yellow to extremely dark blues, grays, browns, and finally black.
Original Toning - Having natural surfaces resulting from long exposure to ordinary environmental conditions; uncleaned.
original toning: natural color on a coin, as opposed to artificial toning.
over-mintmark: a coin with two mintmarks, one on top of the other.
ORIGINAL TONING
The toning on coins that have never been previously dipped. The toning quality is of a very natural and pristine character.
Original/Original Toning - Having natural surfaces resulting from long exposure to ordinary environmental conditions, unclean.
Ounce: a unit of weight. In the precious metals industry, an ounce means a troy ounce equal to 31.1035 grams.
Original toning. (Naturally PCGS kept Bruce's $22 grading fee.) [See Slab, Toning] Flash See Blazer. "Naw, I'll pass. It hasn't got enough flash to five.
This second toning is seldom as attractive as original toning, although some coins "take" second toning better than others. semi-common Term to denote coins that are neither scarce nor common. An example would be Uncirculated 1903 Morgan dollars.
obverse The front or "heads" side of a coin, often bearing a portrait and date off center Incorrectly centered during striking, resulting in part of the design missing (off the edge) original/original toning Having natural surfaces ...
Referring to any aspect of a coin that retains its original state. Original toning means natural, not retoned or cleaned. Original lustre means undisturbed lustre that hasn't been enhanced through artificial means.
Original Roll - ...
second toning
Any toning, natural or artificial, that results after a coin is dipped or cleaned. This second toning is seldom as attractive as original toning, although some coins "take" second toning better than others.
After a coin is dipped or cleaned, any subsequent toning, whether acquired naturally or induced artificially, will look different than original toning. PCGS will not grade coins with questionable color.
The film or coloring on the surface of a coin caused by a chemical reaction between the coin's metal and some other substance such as the sulfur from older cardboard books, FLIPS or envelopes. Rainbow-colored, original toning is often a desirable ...
submitted his Uncirculated 3-cent silver to a grading service for their grade evaluation. They returned it as ungradeable due to having environmental damage. It's problem? Original toning. (Naturally they kept Bruce's $22 fee.) See slab.
As a result, since the mid-1960s Indian cents have attracted a much smaller following. Today it takes an experienced buyer to tell original toning from artificial, and as if that were not enough, coins with original surfaces are few and far between.
 See also: Toning, Coin, Dollar, Gold, Grade
  
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