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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2117470, member: 15309&quot;]WRONG!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Coin%20Prices%20Magazine%20Cover%20Nov%201989_zpsovblwkuf.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If rainbow toned coins didn&#039;t exist in the 80&#039;s, how do you explain the cover of the magazine shown above.&nbsp; What didn&#039;t exist in the 80&#039;s was the internet and digital photography, so the only way people saw coins was coin shows and coin shops.&nbsp; The people interested in rainbow toned coins back then were basically a niche group of collectors.&nbsp; These coins were not put in the display cases, they were kept in the back and taken out when a toned coin collector would ask to see them.&nbsp; This is reason why you never saw rainbow toned coins back then, but they damn sure existed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, you can&#039;t judge the market acceptability of toning with intent.&nbsp; When you grade a coin, you very rarely even know the storage conditions of the coin much less the intent of the owner in that respect.&nbsp; All you can do is look at the coin and decide if the toning pattern and color scheme is acceptable for that series of coin.&nbsp; You can evaluate toning progressions, elevation chromatics, pull away toning, and toning correspondence, but you can&#039;t evaluate the intent of the owner of the coin.&nbsp; How are you supposed to know if someone placed a Franklin Half Dollar in a Wayte Raymond holder because they knew it would cause toning on the coin?&nbsp; You can&#039;t possibly know that, therefore, you can&#039;t use it as part of grading criteria.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find it hysterical that those who don&#039;t even show a basic understanding of the toning issue call other people foolish![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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