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<p>[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 2129762, member: 41863"]I'm certainly not saying that pieces like the one you are showing aren't unique or desirable or deserving of a premium. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sure very few coins exist that exhibit that particular pattern of toning. Just as very few are gonna be toned mostly red, or mostly blue, etc. You have now zoomed in so close that i think you are missing just how common superb eye appealing toning really is. Sure it may not fit YOUR strict description of rainbow toning, but it's desirable and premium deserving over a common blast white counterpart. </p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the coins Vess is using as his 'examples' of rainbow toning. Tomorrow I will take photos, closeup for detail, of similar coins in those same catalogs. </p><p><br /></p><p>Rainbow toning is like religion and politics, too many varying opinions, and no concrete anything. Your definition of rainbow toning certainly is nowhere even close to mine (although my definition would encompass most of your coins), and apparently this is consistent since coin collecting is all about what we individually desire and find appealing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 2129762, member: 41863"]I'm certainly not saying that pieces like the one you are showing aren't unique or desirable or deserving of a premium. Sure very few coins exist that exhibit that particular pattern of toning. Just as very few are gonna be toned mostly red, or mostly blue, etc. You have now zoomed in so close that i think you are missing just how common superb eye appealing toning really is. Sure it may not fit YOUR strict description of rainbow toning, but it's desirable and premium deserving over a common blast white counterpart. Look at the coins Vess is using as his 'examples' of rainbow toning. Tomorrow I will take photos, closeup for detail, of similar coins in those same catalogs. Rainbow toning is like religion and politics, too many varying opinions, and no concrete anything. Your definition of rainbow toning certainly is nowhere even close to mine (although my definition would encompass most of your coins), and apparently this is consistent since coin collecting is all about what we individually desire and find appealing.[/QUOTE]
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