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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1350093, member: 26302&quot;]Very good post sir. Toning CAN happen on impaired surfaces naturally, but its much more difficult. Also the colors are different on a toned VG coin than a BU coin in my experience. If I see bright colors on a VG I am extremely suspicious. Retoned gun metal grey is much more typical. Can it happen? Yes. Is it very common? Not so much.</p><p><br /></p><p>My main point sir was many people see brightly colored coins and assume the prices, since they were more than white pieces, were for the color. In fact, when I saw these things sell, (yeah coins like this sold for premiums in the 70&#039;s too, just not todays multiples), it had a lot more to do with the lusterous original surfaces on the colored coin, and the white coin was white because it had imparied surfaces, (probably from overdipping). </p><p><br /></p><p>That is what I was trying to impart, maybe poorly. If a coin is brightly colored, VF-AU, but lacks luster I am extremely suspicious of the color. Color does not prove original surfaces, but many people in my experience believe it does. You are right, they are two different things, but the good coins have color on a lusterous surface, always have and always will. Color on an impaired surface to me raises concerns, and its value will be more at the whims of market fads than the first category.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that better phrases what I meant. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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