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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 1801991, member: 37839&quot;]Well, I don&#039;t know that I can&#039;t agree completely to this one.&nbsp; There are some coins that do tone naturally, and some storage situations (e.g. Albums in humid climates) that do promote toning over the years by natural intervention, and not the hands of some nefarious individual.&nbsp; However, it is easy for one to intervene, especially with raw coins and the low level inexpensive MS and AU coin market.&nbsp; If one is going to invest in toners (and it is an investment, as toners usually demand at least some kind of premium), there are certain ground rules to be followed.&nbsp;&nbsp; I ONLY buy from people I trust, and only buy slabbed merchandise.&nbsp; This doesn&#039;t assure that the coin is NT--it assures some level of market acceptability (this concept of market acceptability has been described on this site umpteen times, so I won&#039;t reiterate it--read the threads folks, if you choose to do so).&nbsp; What my friend Mr. Green is saying is true, if one goes by the &quot;fly by night&quot; E-bay sellers, who do possibly juice coins, and as Paul said, use enhanced lighting via Photoshop or Photoshop Elements (cheaper program), or Lightroom.&nbsp; So, it really is &quot;Caveat Emptor&quot; as I said previously--do not enter the toner market if you don&#039;t know the ground rules, and the rubrics for market acceptability.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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