Care to guess? AT

[Jeff S]

I know alot will guess right. But Id just like to see what some think.

How was this coin toned?

 

[James_OldeTowne]

I think simply heating up a coin on the stove can cause that awful color.

[harvey8542]

Looks like that tone a coin stuff

[realone]

Can natural toning be scraped off while this looks to be burnt in, where am I going wrong here? Doesn't natural toning under a loupe have some thickness to it etc, again where as this is now almost part of the metal.

[Dcoin]

Sautéed with a light lemon and butter sauce… or it was stuck in a baked potato.

[ant]

i love this post!

[bsshog40]

Looks like some sort of improperly rinsed chemical damage.

[jackson64]

my guess is a light oil..maybe cooking spray, then place in an oven preheated to 400 degrees....let bake 40 minutes..after 40 minutes , set oven to BROIL for 1 minute per side at close distance

 

Serve with asparagus and rice pilaf...

[ant]

yuk pilaf

[WoodenJefferson]

Purportedly this dime was removed from Flea’s (Michael Peter Balzary) pocket by EMT’s after he got

to close to the open flames at this recent photo shoot. When asked about the incident, Flea looked a

reporter in the eye and said, “Give it way, give it away, give it away now!”

[ant]

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[Jeff S]

This is an image of the coin before I toned it. It was pulled from pocket change and had a PL look to it.

All I did was place on my stoves heating element for about 1 min. I have one of those fast heating cook stoves and the eye gets red hot in seconds with a glass top.

 

[ant]

what did the dot spot come from then?

[Jeff S]

Maybe oil from my finger tip? or something on my finger?

[TJ'S Coins]

What happened to the reverse?

[Jeff S]

What happened to the reverse?

 

[ant]

hhhmmm, looks like a dip/cook job but didnt use dip. (scratching head)

[19Lyds]

Go directly to your room for being a naughty boy!

[Jeff S]

Go directly to your room for being a naughty boy!

This wasnt to change the coin to make a sale it was a test to see what colors I got from simple heat.

Seeing alot of other coins in slabs with the some of the same colors I just was messing around.

I have found other coins do even better when I time the heat and or place a heat sink of diffrent sizes either under them or over them.

[19Lyds]

I fully understand but unless your careful, this is where it all starts!

 

A little experiment here, a little experiment there and before you know it, you're perfecting your technique and then whammo!

 

I remember a poster across the street that was asking about how to tone coins and voila!

 

He got busted selling them!

 

Now go back to your room and stay away from the stove or I'll tell Mom!

[19Lyds]

Of course you realize I'm just kidding with you!

[ant]

rofl