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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 686153, member: 15309&quot;]Mike,</p><p><br /></p><p>With all due respect, you are overreacting.&nbsp; To say that &quot;the toned coin market is built upon a foundation of deception&quot; is a complete exaggeration.&nbsp; The number of slabbed NT coins outweighs the number of AT coins by an incredible amount.&nbsp; That is the foundation.&nbsp; The AT coins are a nuisance that we as collectors must deal with in much the same way that counterfeit coins are.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a problem with telling the truth about the coins.&nbsp; However, what is the truth?&nbsp; Where is Shane&#039;s definitive proof that these coins are AT?&nbsp; As Doug has pointed out for years, you simply can&#039;t tell in many cases.&nbsp; IMO, Shane was unwise to broadcast his opinion creating widespread fear until he has his smoking gun.&nbsp; While it is just his opinion, he could have easily worked behind the scenes with the TPG&#039;s and his numerous toned coin contacts to either prove his theory or stop the coin doctors.&nbsp; Here is my question to you Mike.&nbsp; What if Shane is wrong?&nbsp; Who then did more damage to the toned coin market?</p><p><br /></p><p>I abhor the proliferation of AT material into the market as much as anyone else and recognize the risk it poses to the toned coin market.&nbsp; But to fight these doctors, we must be very smart.&nbsp; Telling the coin doctor that we know what he is doing is counter productive.&nbsp; The doctors don&#039;t use their own reputations, they sacrifice the reputations of others to move their material.&nbsp; This particular coin doctor will simply find a new avenue to proliferate his material while continuing to deny, deny, deny.&nbsp; Nothing will stop.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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