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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HawkeEye, post: 3246380, member: 86305&quot;]Well I choose not to believe an entire fallacy.&nbsp; If there were then no TPG or Auction House would touch any toned coins.&nbsp; If we believe all dealers (or individual sellers of coins) are crooks then the hobby needs to fold.&nbsp; There are always a few bad actors in any hobby or endeavor.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are color combinations that are illogical if not impossible, and these can be sorted out.&nbsp; I believe certified toned coins can be worth a premium, but I would have had a great deal of trouble paying the premiums the Sunnywood Collection drew.&nbsp; But obviously PCGS believed the coins to be genuine, the auction house believed them to be genuine, the sellers believed in them, and finally the buyers arrived at a place that they thought the price was fair.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then different perspectives is what makes the hobby interesting.&nbsp; Otherwise there would be no premium for rarity, condition, strike, etc.&nbsp; All dimes would be worth ten cents.&nbsp; I believe toning is just one more differentiation between coins that to some adds value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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