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<p>[QUOTE="Maxfli, post: 2121065, member: 69089"]If I have to choose between the two, then yes, the dipped coin is the lesser of two evils. At least it looks a lot like it did when it was first minted, so that's something. The other coin is simply freakish and bears no resemblance to coinage in a normal state.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I guess you want to be argumentative, because you chose to ignore the rest of my post. You know, the part where I acknowledged that some toning is normal on older coins, and I'm OK with that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn't even commenting on the NT vs AT debate. Just saying that I find even natural toning, taken to extremes and obviously the byproduct of highly unusual conditions, very unnatural looking and very unappealing...to the extent that not only would I not pay a premium for it, I would in fact find the untoned coin more desirable and valuable, dipped or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Maxfli, post: 2121065, member: 69089"]If I have to choose between the two, then yes, the dipped coin is the lesser of two evils. At least it looks a lot like it did when it was first minted, so that's something. The other coin is simply freakish and bears no resemblance to coinage in a normal state. But I guess you want to be argumentative, because you chose to ignore the rest of my post. You know, the part where I acknowledged that some toning is normal on older coins, and I'm OK with that. I wasn't even commenting on the NT vs AT debate. Just saying that I find even natural toning, taken to extremes and obviously the byproduct of highly unusual conditions, very unnatural looking and very unappealing...to the extent that not only would I not pay a premium for it, I would in fact find the untoned coin more desirable and valuable, dipped or not.[/QUOTE]
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