Comments on: SS Central America Treasure Includes ‘Most Beautifully Toned Gold Coin’ https://www.coinnews.net/2018/07/26/ss-central-america-treasure-includes-most-beautifully-toned-gold-coin/ CoinNews delivers the latest World and US coin news Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:18:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Chris https://www.coinnews.net/2018/07/26/ss-central-america-treasure-includes-most-beautifully-toned-gold-coin/#comment-342277 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:18:14 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=68137#comment-342277 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

]]> By: Seth Riesling https://www.coinnews.net/2018/07/26/ss-central-america-treasure-includes-most-beautifully-toned-gold-coin/#comment-342154 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 03:35:47 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=68137#comment-342154 Hello Joe C. –

Happy Collecting!

-NumisdudeTX

]]> By: Joe C. https://www.coinnews.net/2018/07/26/ss-central-america-treasure-includes-most-beautifully-toned-gold-coin/#comment-342150 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 03:20:12 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=68137#comment-342150 In reply to Seth Riesling.

Hey, Seth. Welcome back.

]]> By: Seth Riesling https://www.coinnews.net/2018/07/26/ss-central-america-treasure-includes-most-beautifully-toned-gold-coin/#comment-342125 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:25:30 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=68137#comment-342125 It is called sea salt damage, since these gold coins have 10% copper. It is not toning – it is nasty tarnish from being under dirty sea salt water for over 150 years!

-NumisdudeTX

]]> By: Joe C. https://www.coinnews.net/2018/07/26/ss-central-america-treasure-includes-most-beautifully-toned-gold-coin/#comment-342109 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 22:47:20 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=68137#comment-342109 In reply to Mark Glass.

Yeah, it looks awful to me.

]]> By: Mark Glass https://www.coinnews.net/2018/07/26/ss-central-america-treasure-includes-most-beautifully-toned-gold-coin/#comment-342049 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:14:27 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=68137#comment-342049 Toning can be neat. Frankly, that looks to me like someone knocked over some chemicals on the floor in their garage by mistake and dropped their money.

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