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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 541452, member: 15309&quot;]Mike,</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand your point about the consumers being duped, but I don&#039;t think your analogies are accurate.&nbsp; After all, the chemical composition of the toning on an AT coin is the same as the chemical composition of the toning on an NT coin.&nbsp; The only difference is how long it took that silver sulfide layer to form.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am looking at a rainbow toned 1945-D NGC MS66 Jefferson Nickel that came in the mail today.&nbsp; I have no idea whether the toning is AT or NT and I am positive that I will never know.&nbsp; For that matter, nobody will ever know for sure, even the foremost experts on toning.&nbsp; So if one of them claims the coin to be AT, why should that opinion affect the value of the coin.&nbsp; The reason it does is because we have been brainwashed into believing that artificial toning is always a bad thing, even if it increases the eye appeal of the coin tremendously.</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand the desire for originality from a collector standpoint, but when dealing with an area that the originality can&#039;t be determined with any degree of certainty, does it really matter? </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that the TPG&#039;s unwritten practice of slabbing market acceptable coins does not serve the general public well at all.&nbsp; I have already stated my plan for the TPG&#039;s to eliminate this problem.&nbsp; But in reality, my solution is just a different dog with different fleas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here is the 1945-D Jefferson I am looking at.&nbsp; Who can tell me if this toning is NT or AT, I can&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels/JeffersonNickel1945-DNGCMS661.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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