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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3248959, member: 15309&quot;]One, since nobody else witnessed this talk and there is no video or transcript, we have to take your word/recollection that is what he actually said.&nbsp; Second, this was 25 years, if asked today, he would backpedal from that demonstrably false statement as quickly as he could.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And David Hall has backpedalled from that statement about Peace Dollars which was a remark based solely on what he had seen.&nbsp; His position on rainbow toned Peace Dollars is now much like mine, they are extremely rare, and each one deserves the highest level of scrutiny.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, those experts made hyperbolic statements decades ago based on what they had seen.&nbsp; The introduction of the internet has allowed everybody to see much more information and thousands more coins than if you were restricted to only seeing coins in hand.&nbsp; It is actually very similar to what happened in the poker world.&nbsp; The brick and mortar pros like Doyle Brunson &amp; Johnny Chan were kings before the internet, but once online poker was introduced, you twenty something players were able to see far more hands by multi-tabling.&nbsp; A year experience online was equal to over 5 years in a brick and mortar setting.&nbsp; Today, poker is dominated by those same young online players.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, toning was an emerging field that was largely ignored by the numismatic community, and even the &quot;experts&quot; were still in the learning stages.&nbsp; And lastly, you are the kind of guy who has an academic&#039;s view of &quot;expertise&quot;.&nbsp; Rather than listening to opinions and allowing your sense to dictate whether or not that person has a logical &amp; reasonable argument, you would rather trust a person have held positions of power in numismatic organizations and have been bestowed numismatic awards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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