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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 688490, member: 6370&quot;]Let me see if I understand this correctly. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If I intentionally store my coins in a holder I KNOW will cause it to tone in a certain way and far faster than it would ever tone if left...say...in a drawer where it is hot and humid sometimes. THAT is natural even though I am only using the holder to create this toning? It is natural because this is a customary device for holding coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But if I store my coin on a heater or in some other way which will also tone the coin much faster than, again, leaving it in a drawer where it can be hot and humid. THAT is artificial? Its not deemed NT because its being stored some way that is not &#039;intended for customary storage and preservation of coins&#039; ? Even though in both cases the person is purposefully looking to tone a coin quickly?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here I always thought that the REAL NT coins were coins that got that way because of unintentional effects on a coin that found itself in such &#039;non customary&#039; storage like coins lost in an attic or in heating ducts, below the stove, or left in a drawer in a hot house for 60 years, etc... </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So all I need do is buy myself a holder that I know will cause this and churn out Naturally Toned coins and sell them for a premium and that&#039;s okay in the eyes of collectors? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What differentiates NT and AT is if it is stored in a manner that is traditionally accepted? So a coin that was found in an attic or one that fell behind a heating vent isn&#039;t NT? Or if I kept it wrapped in a sock in my sock drawer in a hot closet for 40 years, it isn&#039;t NT because a sock isn&#039;t a traditional storage method?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is all very interesting <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Then there is the herculean task of figuring out which coins fit into which category...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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