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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 975353, member: 26302&quot;]I agree that the toners have been at it a long time. I knew of a dealer who doctored his coins then retoned them. He honestly thought he was making them better, dipping off bad toning, whizzing or scrubbing off blotches, then retoning to even out or hiding this fact. He said he &quot;repaired&quot; them, made them collectible. He retoned by buying old paper, (probably had higher sulphur content), and spritzing the coins in the oven with them, turning them over periodically. He probably had some other secrets as well, thats all he would tell me, wet old paper in an oven on low heat. I never bought from him, but was friendly and chatted with him a lot. He did put out a nice &quot;product&quot; from the drek he bought. Since we were friendly the subject of how came up. To be fair, the coins he bought were already past redemption numismatically, and back then toned coins already sold for a discount, so I never got mad at him for his actions.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was in the 80&#039;s. I am just pointing it out to show AT achieved by and looking like NT that looks nice has been around a long time, and frequently to hide problems. His toning was very nice, he could do muted rainbow, color variations towards the center, blues, etc. The underlining coin was just problematic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a warning is all. Like I said, I love color too, but am just nervous about paying a premium for it. Like religion, I try to never judge what is right and wrong to collect, its supposed to be a hobby, right?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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