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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 685615, member: 15309&quot;]First things first.&nbsp; This is not the same seller as the one in the TCCS thread.&nbsp; Richard (Greattoning) is a very good E-Bay seller of toned coins.&nbsp; I believe he juices his photos a tad, but no to an unreasonable level.&nbsp; That is to say, the photos still look like the coins.&nbsp; The seller in the TCCS forum is Nicetoning42107 and his name is Alex.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the coins.&nbsp; Nothing other than the price tag on the Morgan bothers me.&nbsp; I know PL Morgans are rare with monster color, but $3K is a lot of money for an MS64 common date Morgan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the Washington Quarter, it seems you are concerned about the apparent differences in the color with respect to the photos.&nbsp; I am not 100% certain, but my educated guess is that different lighting is the cause of the difference.&nbsp; The blown up photo shows luster and was probably taken with two direct overhead lights positioned at 10 &amp; 2.&nbsp; The lights would have hit the slab and caused a reflection but not over the coin.&nbsp; He then cropped the photo and cut out the reflection.&nbsp; In the slab photo, he couldn&#039;t capture the color and avoid reflection on the slab.&nbsp; Since the lights were probably impairing the label, he used diffused lighting to take the slab photo.&nbsp; This is what causes the colors to appear different and completely eliminates the appearance of luster.&nbsp; Here is an example of how diffused lighting can make the same coin look very, very different.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Washington%20Quarters/WashingtonQuarter1958NGCMS66Star.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Washington%20Quarters/WashingtonQuarter1958NGCMS66StarH.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The colors of this Washington quarter don&#039;t bother me at all.&nbsp; I have a 1964-D Washington with almost the same color scheme.&nbsp; The toning is iridescent and very difficult to capture in a photo, but I think it will demonstrate my point.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Washington%20Quarters/WashingtonQuarter1964-DNGCMS651.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know the personal financial situation of this dealer or how much reserve capital he has.&nbsp; What I do know is that he has had a rainbow toned Gobrecht for sale for over two years in his inventory.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2F1836-PCGS-PR64-Original-Align-Rainbow-Toned-Gobrecht_W0QQitemZ230286281319QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual%3Fhash%3Ditem359e21ca67%26_trksid%3Dp3911.c0.m14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2F1836-PCGS-PR64-Original-Align-Rainbow-Toned-Gobrecht_W0QQitemZ230286281319QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual%3Fhash%3Ditem359e21ca67%26_trksid%3Dp3911.c0.m14" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1836-PCGS-PR64-Original-Align-Rainbow-Toned-Gobrecht_W0QQitemZ230286281319QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item359e21ca67&amp;_trksid=p3911.c0.m14</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt a $3K coin is hurting his cash flow.&nbsp; His auctions consistently realize the highest prices of any toned coin dealer on E-Bay, bar none.&nbsp; My guess is that people line up to consign coins to him.&nbsp; In fact, if his photos were better, I would consign my coins to his auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think the TPG&#039;s are being fooled at a higher rate than they have been before.&nbsp; A certain percentage of AT coins have always gotten by the TPG&#039;s and that will always be the case.&nbsp; If you accept that as a fact and then judge the toning of each slabbed coin for yourself, you will have a much better shot at ensuring you purchase NT coins than if you rely completely on the TPG&#039;s.&nbsp; However, you could always take the position that I take:&nbsp; put the burden on the accuser to show indisputable proof that the coin is AT.&nbsp; If they can&#039;t, which they can&#039;t, then I will take the opinion of the TPG over them any day of the week.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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