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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3234601, member: 26302"]I understand every aspect of your point Doug, and agree. This is why I have always tried to educate about surfaces, not colors. I collected toned coins way before they were in, (some pursued them in the late 70's and 80's but not many), but not really because they were "pretty". </p><p><br /></p><p>Back then it was common practice to remove any toning to make "white" coins. Collectors preferred them, so most got dipped. I always preferred undipped, more lustrous, surfaces. So to me, toned coins were preferable. To many others who liked toned coins, surfaces were the real prize, not the colors. Somewhere along the line the colors came to be seen as the real prize, hence artificial toning. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is my problem. It is really dumb to destroy a perfectly good coin with color, since you will not be helping the surfaces. The luster is the real prize here people.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3234601, member: 26302"]I understand every aspect of your point Doug, and agree. This is why I have always tried to educate about surfaces, not colors. I collected toned coins way before they were in, (some pursued them in the late 70's and 80's but not many), but not really because they were "pretty". Back then it was common practice to remove any toning to make "white" coins. Collectors preferred them, so most got dipped. I always preferred undipped, more lustrous, surfaces. So to me, toned coins were preferable. To many others who liked toned coins, surfaces were the real prize, not the colors. Somewhere along the line the colors came to be seen as the real prize, hence artificial toning. This is my problem. It is really dumb to destroy a perfectly good coin with color, since you will not be helping the surfaces. The luster is the real prize here people.[/QUOTE]
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