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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2120147, member: 15309&quot;]With respect to raw coins, I have a big problem with it.&nbsp; Graded coins inherently have the approval of the professional graders that the toning on the coin is market acceptable.&nbsp; That said, if someone tells me that every graded coin is NT because the graders said so, I would have a problem with that as well.&nbsp; If you go through the 300 pages in the thread <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-a-toned-coin.191715/page-307#post-2119569" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-a-toned-coin.191715/page-307#post-2119569">Post a Toned Coin</a>, you will find it littered with AT coins and there is almost no backlash.&nbsp; In order to avoid fights on a daily basis, I stopped criticizing every coin posted in that thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>And again, it isn&#039;t cut and dry with either AT or NT.&nbsp; Essentially, all we can do is assign a probability that the toning is AT or NT.&nbsp; Some coins are very clear cut and would be 99.9% AT or NT.&nbsp; Other coins have components and indicators of both AT &amp; NT and determining the originality of the toning would basically become a coin flip.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I really find interesting about the AT vs NT debate is the criticism that it is a best guess.&nbsp; We readily accept the subjective nature of coin grading until it comes to the subjective evaluation of toning which causes everyone to lose their minds.&nbsp; To me, it is pretty easy.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t like the determination of the graders and think a graded coin is AT, don&#039;t buy the coin, or at least, don&#039;t pay a premium.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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