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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 689212, member: 2972&quot;]Of course it does.&nbsp; That&#039;s the catch-22 of toned coin collecting.&nbsp; I never said it was easy, and all toned coin collectors need to be comfortable with that (or not). </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you define utility as the ability to conclusively classify every coin as AT or NT, I agree.&nbsp; However, I do not have an issue with the ambiguity and I realize fully that it is imperfect.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the same could be said for artwork -- the discussion that got this back and forth started -- just because I can&#039;t tell the difference doesn&#039;t mean there isn&#039;t a difference nor does it mean that the original should be valued the same as a copy.&nbsp; Now, you can call that &quot;aribtrary&quot; or &quot;emotional&quot; or without &quot;utility&quot;, but that&#039;s truly how I feel -- and I am not alone in this line of thought.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the clarification.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why the confrontational tone if you don&#039;t take issue (and my apologies in advance if I have misinterpreted the tone of your responses)?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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