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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2116963, member: 71723&quot;]I haven&#039;t submitted any of my &quot;darkened&#039; work to a TPG, but I have submitted quite a few of my &quot;lightened&quot; work. Because my formula does not use nasty acids like hydrochloric or sulfuric, but only citric, I have never gotten an &#039;overdipped&#039; looking coin ever, even if it was left in the solution for 10 minutes. The solution I use doesn&#039;t even harm fabrics, because it was designed for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, given the fact that people do what I consider overpaying for toned coins, I would consider it unethical to try to use my knowledge for that purpose. But, and this is key. If this non-professional chemist with over 25&nbsp; years in the photo lab business can do it, I&#039;m betting scads and scads of less ethical jerks ARE doing it. Therefore, to me personally, only extremely few toned coins are worth even a small premium, and NONE are worth a big one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, but when I&#039;m ultimately finished with my work, I expect the toned coin premium dependent market to collapse, once everybody knows how easy toning is to fake. And no, in this I&#039;m not specifically talking about rainbow toned Morgans. They were created by a unique extraordinarily slow process. However, I bet a whole bunch of toned Lincolns are faked.</p><p><br /></p><p>My track record on my lightened (dipped) coins is 100%, including both top TPG&#039;s. I still own every one I have sent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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