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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2257971, member: 19463&quot;]Value in collectibles is a matter of opinion.&nbsp; Right now there are enough people who want silver dollars with bright colors that people can expect to get a big premium for what would have been considered garish fifty years ago when I collected US.&nbsp; Back then when question was whether it was OK to dip such ugly things to remove the tarnish.&nbsp; We had plenty of people cleaning silver with baking soda and scratching them badly.&nbsp; They were told that was bad but it was OK to dip.&nbsp; Fads change.&nbsp; I prefer tarnished silver and gray is ok.&nbsp; You can pay extra for bright or colorful as you desire.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO it is not OK to paint something on a coin to make it tone but silver will tone naturally and exposing a coin to heat, light and fumes (putting it in a window) is not a felony.&nbsp; Can I tell the difference?&nbsp; Maybe.&nbsp; I consider the AT/NT business a bit funny now since many of the AT coins would not be that way had someone not made some decision fifty years ago.&nbsp; Buying cheap high sulphurenvelopes, placing the coin in a cheap cardboard album, building your coin cabinet from oak, storing coins in the shed with your gardening supplies, living in a town with a steel mill --- just where is the border of &#039;natural&#039;?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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