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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2124503, member: 15929&quot;]My 1972/72 in a PCGS MS65RD OGH has definitely darken up over the years.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]403372[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Its definitely not the bright red it was when it was submitted back around 1994.</p><p>Of course, this doesn&#039;t mean a thing as a single piece of evidence. It&#039;s just my opinion based upon my observation. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins, sometimes, do change in the holders while others do not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I expect that it has a lot to do with what happened to the coin up to the grading process. How often have &quot;milk spots&quot; appeared on PR70DCAM Silver Eagles. Certainly those were there when the coin was graded?</p><p><br /></p><p>Why do PCGS Slabbed Eagles have more of a tendency to spot than NGC Slabbed Eagles?</p><p><br /></p><p>I also expect that the rinse and drying techniques used at the US Mint for proof and uncirculated coins has changed dramatically over the years which has an impact on the coins produced. As expressed earlier, its one reason why toned Peace Dollar were not as prevalent as toned Morgans.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recall one poster over on CU that had done some experimenting with toning coins that were designated as AT by PCGS. That poster then sold those coins on eBay with the disclosure that the coins were in fact AT. The poster took a lot of heat but the point was that experimenting was occurring in finding a way to artificially or to accelerate the toning of certain coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The title of this thread is for buyers to beware and while good points have been posted both for and against toned coins, I think the point has been made that folks need to know what they are buying before laying out a lot of money on some colored coin since nobody, even the experts, can tell for sure as all of the comments are based upon &quot;their opinions&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for asking someone to &quot;prove&quot; that they can successfully tone a coin? Exactly who is going to jump onto the podium and hang themselves to prove a point? 100% of the folks that do so end up being drawn and quartered by forumites.</p><p><br /></p><p>The abundance of toned silver eagles attest to the fact that there are many people out there playing the toned coin game and buyers should be aware that if its occurring with silver eagles then its occurring with other coin series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buy what you want but know what you buy. Both good and bad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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