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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 540819, member: 15309&quot;]I don&#039;t dispute that but the intention is almost always quite different.&nbsp; A $50 common date MS64 Morgan can be AT&#039;ed without risk of loss.&nbsp; If the coin is doctored correctly, the value might jump 10X, but if it will never drop more than $20-$30.&nbsp; In these cases, the intent of the doctor is to create toning that will drive a huge premium.&nbsp; In the $50K coin case, the intention is almost always one of two scenarios.&nbsp; The first involves hiding a defect which would then increase the grade of the coin driving a huge price increase.&nbsp; The second would be to make an ugly rare coin more eye appealing.&nbsp; This could cause the coin to get a grade bump from market grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the case of that Gobrecht Dollar you posted earlier in the thread.&nbsp; Several members commented on how the coin is ruined because of the AT.&nbsp; Personally, I think the original coin was severly lacking in eye appeal and that the AT helped that coin tremendously.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think that coins value was diminished at all by the AT.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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