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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 466197, member: 15309"]Yes I would. I have several AT coins. I also have many, many questionably toned coins. I am much more tolerant of questionable toning than most collectors. This thread and associated poll are a good example of why I don't mind questionable toning. The voters of this coins toning are split right down the middle on this coin. Half think the coin is definitely AT and the other half think it is definitely NT. A few can't make a determination and would have labeled it QT (questionably toned) if I had given the option.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, most everybody (the AT group included) thinks the coin is very attractive. So what we have is a coin that is immensely attractive that we must classify as questionably toned because we can't decide if it is AT or NT. The TPG's at this point don't know either because they don't know the history of the actual coin. They can only make a determination as to whether the toning is market acceptable or not. If they deem it acceptable, the QT coin goes in a slab and trades at a very high value. If it is deemed unacceptable, it gets bagged and is treated essentially like an AT coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it would be a shame if the TPG's body bagged this coin and relegated it to the ranks of the AT crap that circulates on E-Bay. That is why I am tolerant of QT coins. I use the approach our country uses for it's justice system "Innocent until proven guilty." Instead I follow "NT until proven AT." I don't want to send an innoncent man to jail and I don't want to send an NT coin to AT hell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 466197, member: 15309"]Yes I would. I have several AT coins. I also have many, many questionably toned coins. I am much more tolerant of questionable toning than most collectors. This thread and associated poll are a good example of why I don't mind questionable toning. The voters of this coins toning are split right down the middle on this coin. Half think the coin is definitely AT and the other half think it is definitely NT. A few can't make a determination and would have labeled it QT (questionably toned) if I had given the option. However, most everybody (the AT group included) thinks the coin is very attractive. So what we have is a coin that is immensely attractive that we must classify as questionably toned because we can't decide if it is AT or NT. The TPG's at this point don't know either because they don't know the history of the actual coin. They can only make a determination as to whether the toning is market acceptable or not. If they deem it acceptable, the QT coin goes in a slab and trades at a very high value. If it is deemed unacceptable, it gets bagged and is treated essentially like an AT coin. I think it would be a shame if the TPG's body bagged this coin and relegated it to the ranks of the AT crap that circulates on E-Bay. That is why I am tolerant of QT coins. I use the approach our country uses for it's justice system "Innocent until proven guilty." Instead I follow "NT until proven AT." I don't want to send an innoncent man to jail and I don't want to send an NT coin to AT hell.[/QUOTE]
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