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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3247976, member: 15309&quot;]Ok, that’s close to the truth but not exact.&nbsp; I have my own standards for what constitutes market acceptable with relation to toning.&nbsp; My standards are not the same as those of the TPGs and my standards are markedly more conservative.&nbsp; As I’ve stated many times before, I consider market acceptability to be on a left-right scale with left being AT and right being NT.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In the event that I am interested in coin that is in the middle, where the originality of the toning is much more of a guess, I rely on the market acceptability afforded by the TPG plastic to give me a certain level of liquidity.&nbsp; Please remember that I buy all of my coins online sight unseen from photos.&nbsp; On E-Bay, I can just return the coin, but in auctions, where sales are final, that liquidity is important in the event that my opinion of the originality of the toning changes once I have the coin in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I buy a toned coin, and keep that coin in my collection, then it meets my standard for market acceptability.&nbsp; The only exception to this are the Appalachian Jefferson Nickels which have a well established level of liquidity in the marketplace despite the more questionable nature of their toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, if you were paying attention, I actually agreed with Doug that often times, discerning the originality of toning is a guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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