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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Boss, post: 541745, member: 15110&quot;]Boss: I think the QT designation would cause the whole community to question their own slabbed toned coins. That would the same as CAC as far as I am concerned. All of a sudden people would be fearful and unsure of their own toned coins and all potential purchases. Having a QT on the coin would be like saying &quot;altered surfaces&quot; , cleaned, etc.. This would have the same effect as &quot;genuine&quot;.&nbsp; Anyone bought a genuine PCGS lately? Unless it&#039;s an ultra rarity I don&#039;t think you&#039;ll be doing this any time soon, unless you want to crack out and sell raw which would actually make more money on the coin. Are they going to start a registry set of genuines with a big &quot;1&quot; point per coin. 50 coins=50 points. Yippy! </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also I am not sure if the TPG&#039;s want the doctors out of business. I think we would love to be a fly on the wall in the closed door P&amp;L reviews at PCGS and NGC with the big dogs. They are a for profit business. Coin doctors create multiple resubmissions trying to either get their coins graded or upgraded. Strict criteria will stop this. (Lehigh- I think?? you already admitted they don&#039;t follow their stated criteria, so they are inconsistent). Lot&#039;s of people affected. I think the system is fine the way it is. If your good enough to fool the TPG&#039;s who by experience alone are the experts (imagine looking at coins 40 hours a week year after year and having to get agreement with 2 other professionals on the grade??) I for once, entirely agree with Doug here.&nbsp; Also, I think toned coins are more attractive than non toned and frankly if the coins are hairlined or damaged under the toning then the coin is actually protected. It&#039;s better than verdigris filling in the damage which is often the case.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For Mike: I don&#039;t really know how to quote 2 different poeple in posts without cut and paste. I will lay off the novice references. I have only been involved in coins a couple years. I feel most here have been doing it a lot longer so I don&#039;t feel I have earned a lot of speaking power. If you go on Collector&#039;s Universe you really get that feeling. Stewart Blaine? talking about selling another memember an 80K coin like it was buying some new pants. Talk about intimidating. I will only occassionally lurk there. Thanks for the credit, BTW.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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