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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 487737, member: 112&quot;]All of the things mentioned so far are good, but they are not definitive. In other words, there are exceptions to most of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, naturally toned coins can and often do have spots on them. Bright, fluorescent colors can and do form naturally. A hazy or smoky patina is often 100% natural - who here has not seen a Proof coin with a hazy bluish color ? If a 100+ year old coin was hairlined or marked shortly after it was minted - would you not expect to see those lines/marks with toning over them ?</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is this, while all of these things may be indicators of artificial toning, do not fall into the trap of thinking that because a coin has any of these charactersitics that it <b>IS</b> AT. </p><p><br /></p><p>These things are guidelines, only guidelines. Quite often it requires that same old thing that this hobby requires all so often - experience - to make a determination on whether or not a coin is AT. And quite honestly, there are plenty of times when even the very best, the most experienced, the experts, cannot determine AT from NT. That is a fact.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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