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    Toned Roosevelt 2008P

    Hi,

    Could you point me toward information about toned coins? Silver coins which look like they have been dipped in something to give them a lusterless metallic gray color? I found this dime and was curious as to what was going on with it. I've heard some about toning but don't anything more than coins which have a slightly different color. See the attached pictures of the Dime in question. They are not real clear but hopefully they show what I'm talking about.

    Tuebits
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    Last edited by Tuebits; 02-05-2009, 09:19 PM. Reason: spelling
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    I do know that there are NT (naturally toned) and AT (artificially toned) coins, however, since I do not have the experience to tell which is which, except in extreme cases, I stay away from them.

    As to sources on the net how to tell the difference, I do not no of any.

    BJ Neff
    Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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    • #3
      Hi Tuebits,

      Your description "lusterless metallic grey" sounds similar to a dime that I posted here not too long ago. Your close-up pictures look like a normal dime but the side-by-side pics show a difference. I'm wondering if your dime looks like the one that I found and Mike Diamond responded to. Take a look at this thread:http://board.conecaonline.org/showthread.php?t=2163 and let me know if yours looks like this.
      Thanks,
      Lestrrr

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      • #4
        From where I sit your coin seems to have luster. Regarding color variants, some of these can be linked to excessive or prolonged exposure to heat in the annealing drum. But there are evidently other sources of discoloration. There is toning, of course, but it is unlikely in a coin this new.
        Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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        • #5
          side views

          Hi again,

          I took some side shots to show the copper core. I does have some luster, use of lusterless was not the right phrase, I can see some tinge of violet. I don't have the words to explain it. Hopefully the pictures will help.

          Tuebits
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            Lite dime short on nickel

            Weighed this dime and it came in light by 0.2 grams. Most likely missing some of the nickel, from what i'm told.

            tuebits

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            • #7
              So it weighs 2.08 grams? If so, then it was struck on a planchet that was probably punched out of clad strip that was rolled a tad thin.
              Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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