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Message:: [QUOTE="Mark Feld, post: 690652, member: 11467"]A few comments in reply to the above part of your previous post... 1) A number of people do care about "market acceptable" blast white coins and avoid them. 2) In many instances, some people can tell if a coin has been dipped, even if it was not a "terrible dipping job". 3) One very important difference between the "deception" of a dipped coin vs. the "deception" of an AT one, is that the dipping often uncovers flaws that might not otherwise be apparent, while the artificial toning hides them. Yes, technically, dipping and artificially toning coins are both forms of doctoring. But they are entirely different forms of "deception". And I, for one, sure don't think they should be lumped together and treated identically. Edited to add: I also believe the talk about the current toning "craze" is widely exaggerated. A lot of us have paid varying degrees of premiums for toning for MANY years. It just wasn't so apparent/widely known before the internet and easy-to-find auction prices realized made it so.[/QUOTE]