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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eddiespin, post: 691258, member: 4920&quot;]I&#039;ll take these upside-down. The bottom paragraph was a response to Doug, not you. For the record, you neither said nor implied that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the top paragraph. This is really a very collateral issue. I see it as the same kind of deception, and you don&#039;t. Let&#039;s get back to the heart of the matter. You&#039;ll forgive my abruptness, I trust, I just got back from a wake...</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ll tell you the difference that makes a difference, Mark. It’s that, on dipped coins, you’re looking at the coin, to determine that. Same goes for counterfeit coins, for that matter. You’re looking at the coin, itself. On toned coins, you’re rather taking your eye off the coin, and putting it on looking for a <i>motive</i>. There&#039;s the key word, there. And, why is that? It’s precisely because you can’t define these terms, AT and NT, on anything better than <i>motive</i>. Now, what does that mean? It means, to do it right, we&#039;re talking about lie detector tests, we&#039;re talking about going through chains of coin ownership, tracing those coins all the way back to the U.S. Mint, if you will, in order to determine AT. That&#039;s a tough row to hoe, my friend... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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