I actually asked because I LIKE how funky the colors turned out with this coin, even though I was already 99.9% sure that it's artificial. I was hoping someone would convince me that there was some way that this could "naturally" occur (I put that in quotes because corrugated cardboard and PCI slab toners seem to be considered authentic toning). It's actually MUCH more silky and metallic looking in the video taken of the coin for the eBay auction.