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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 447182, member: 15309&quot;]Carl,</p><p><br /></p><p>Ruben doesn&#039;t present his posts as opinions, and as I have already stated, his methods will influence members of this forum that do not have the knowledge to know better.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, he has Jazz thinking that coins in slabs will tone significantly simply because his proof sets have started to tone.&nbsp; The fact is that there is no toning source for a slabbed coin.&nbsp; The only way for a slabbed coin to tone would be to store it in an atmosphere that is rich in hydrogen sulfide gas.&nbsp; Most of the dramatically toned coins you will encounter were in direct contact with a sulfur source (eg canvas bag, paper envelope, album etc).&nbsp; Once they are removed from the toning source, the toning stops.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the so called experts, I have credentials that support my claim of being an expert on toning.&nbsp; Let me know if you would like to elaborate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, it is customary when posting a controversial position on a chat board to preface your statement with IMO or IMHO.&nbsp; I have yet to see Ruben do that.&nbsp; In a post in this thread he stated, &quot;Toning is such a bad thing and a huge risk to coin buyers.&quot;&nbsp; That does not appear to be an opinion and a YN could very easily be duped into believing that bull.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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