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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1012585, member: 57463&quot;]The theory is based on the fact that we know the difference between <b>being</b> sincere and <b>acting</b> sincere.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Written out on paper, the words are the same words, but spoken, the nuances are different.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Myself, I like little paper envelopes for coins, makes me feel like a traditionalist.&nbsp; I have had mine for over 15 years.&nbsp; No two coins reacted the same.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When I started in 1993, I put together two Whitmans of Mercury Dimes (lacking the two keys).&nbsp; Can&#039;t say what did or did not, does or does not, will or will not.&nbsp; Some did; some did not.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of cigar boxes that smell herby.&nbsp; Some coins change; others do not.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I put some over cleaned Morgans in a wool suit I never wear.&nbsp; Maybe; maybe not.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen coins from old leather wallets look gracefully aged and other look slimy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Urban legend has it that a dealer can tone a coin with cigar smoke but I have been behind the counter when someone brought in silver coins and right away I asked &quot;You smoke?&quot;&nbsp; so I don&#039;t know about that cigar fooling anyone.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In time, with experience, you get a feeling for AT versus NT, even though you can argue chemistry until you are blue in the face.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In fact: the ancient Greeks used to believe that the better argument was closer to the truth, so they learned to argue well ... and it bankrupted their philosophy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Spin this any way you want.&nbsp; There is a difference.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Now: can you artificially tone a coin to make it look natural?</b>&nbsp; Semantics and sophistry aside: <b>Yes.</b>&nbsp; How?&nbsp; <b>Gently,</b> as if it took forever... even though it did not...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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