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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinchemistry 2012, post: 2120473, member: 28107&quot;]Everyone has different interests, and that is understandable.&nbsp; No one is encouraging people to collect what they don&#039;t personally care for.&nbsp; The debate and comments surround the culture of fear that is created against toned coins.&nbsp; Many in the anti-toning crowd claim that it can be duplicated exactly, and I don&#039;t think that it is unreasonable that myself, Lehigh, and others are asking to see the proof.&nbsp; I want to see someone make me a convincing monster bag toned Morgan Dollar.&nbsp; If they can and can film it, I&#039;ll shut up.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On another note, just to demonstrate there are differences of opinion, for many collectors (myself included), toning adds to the eye appeal.&nbsp; To us collecting is as much about buying eye appealing coins with a&nbsp; story than it is about filing holes in an album.&nbsp; And part of that story is the toning.&nbsp; A truly original piece is pure and is a work of art in itself, having been unmolested through the ages.&nbsp; While most older blast white coins have certainly been chemically treated in the past (e.g. EZest and other commercial dips), the same cannot be said of a truly original piece.&nbsp; Each is one of a kind.&nbsp; To us, a blast white set of many common date Morgan Dollars would bore us to tears as each piece looks pretty much the same.&nbsp; Toning, on the other hand, can add diversity and liven up a set. </p><p><br /></p><p>None of this is to say that one side is right and the other is wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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