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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;statequarterguy, post: 975123, member: 21782&quot;]I&#039;m on the fence with this one.&nbsp; If Thad doesn&#039;t do it, someone else will or already has - if it can be done, it will be done.&nbsp; If it can be done without harming the coin and it improves the eye appeal, much like the reverse of dipping to remove unsightly toning, why not?</p><p><br /></p><p>Having recently returned to the hobby, I&#039;m watching with dismay over the AT/NT debate.&nbsp; Clearly there are extreme examples of artificial toning that harm the coin and look like heck/unnatural.&nbsp; But, I believe the &quot;hair splitting&quot; has gone too far when &quot;the experts&quot; scrutinize an unharmed toned coin with great natural eye appeal because they believe it was intentionally left in an environment that would allow natural toning to occur - especially when they can&#039;t tell the difference.&nbsp; It looks like the hobby, in the area of toning, as taken a position where they can&#039;t see the forest for the trees.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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