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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2129362, member: 15309&quot;]I agree, but we are not talking about toned coins.&nbsp; We are talking about rainbow toned coins, which are not common.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This conversation is about certified rainbow toned coins and has nothing to do with the average joe collecting circulated coinage.&nbsp; The math already provided shows that within the certified coins on E-Bay, the population of rainbow toned coins is &lt;1%.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>He is wrong, we already proved that.&nbsp; The whole auctions he was referring to were not full of &quot;magnificently toned&quot; coins.&nbsp; Did you see my post about what qualified for the rainbow tag at Teletrade?&nbsp; Did you see that even in their own description of their rainbow only auctions that they admit that not every coin is rainbow toned?</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, the auctions that you showed barely have any rainbow toned coins.&nbsp; I see no more than a handful of rainbow toned coins in all your examples.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The reason there is no mention of &quot;rainbow awesomeness,&quot; because it doesn&#039;t exist.&nbsp; Again, very few of the coins you posted have rainbow toning and none of the coins you posted have anything to do with the subject of this thread.&nbsp; This thread is about &quot;rainbow toned&quot; coins that drive significant price premiums and the recreation of said coins via artificial toning.&nbsp; The auctions you showed are of ultra rarities with huge numismatic value.&nbsp; The only reason someone would AT one of those coins is to hide imperfections to achieve a higher grade.&nbsp; It is exceedingly rare to find a rare valuable coin that was artificially toned in order to boost value based on eye appeal.&nbsp; If you can find an example, I would be impressed.&nbsp; For purposes of the argument, the coin must be over $1K in an untoned state.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are not saying that toned coins are a small % of ALL coins minted.&nbsp; We are not even saying that toned coins are a small % of ALL coins extant.&nbsp; We are saying that rainbow toned coins represent &lt;1% of certified coins.&nbsp; Furthermore, the coins we are talking about are in the MS range, because typically, circulated coins are not toned.&nbsp; So when you say <span style="color: #ff0000">&quot;look at the toned specimens in relation to say the surviving pieces of a series in AU-55 or higher where this toning is likely to occur AND now in the arena of collectors who are even looking for higher end pieces,&quot;</span> that is where we have been looking the entire time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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