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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 525848, member: 15309&quot;]I think you are misunderstanding my point.&nbsp; I will use three categories of collectors to further illustrate my point.&nbsp; The first is the discerning toning enthusiast that understands toning and how it happens and they will always make their own determination about the originality of the toning regardless of the fact that the coin is slabbed by NGC or PCGS.&nbsp; These collectors will not buy a slabbed coin if <b>they </b>think it is AT.&nbsp; The second group is collectors who understand the toning process and are able to make a determination about the originality AT/NT, but don&#039;t care as long as the coin is already slabbed.&nbsp; I fall into this group.&nbsp; I have no fear of buying what I believe is a slabbed AT coin because I know I can sell the coin at a good price because of the slab and the collectors in category number three.&nbsp; The last category (which I believe is the largest) consists of collectors that don&#039;t understand the toning process and can&#039;t make a reasonable determination between AT and NT for themselves.&nbsp; These collectors will assume that the toning is NT since it is in a slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically what I was saying is that only the most experience toned coin collectors will try to weed out the AT slabbed coins.&nbsp; Everyone else will either assume the toning is original or not care because the coin is slabbed.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Doug, I know what you are about to post and I agree with you.&nbsp; That is another reason why I am firmly entrenched in category number 2.&nbsp; There are times when nobody can say for sure.&nbsp; The coin in the OP is one of those times IMO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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