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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 143191, member: 112&quot;]DP - I think you have some bad information. There is not one single coin listed in the ANA grading guide, any edition from the 1st to the 6th, where it says that the coin must have original color - for any grade. And there is no place else in the book where it says it either.</p><p><br /></p><p>What it <b>does</b> say for grades MS66 and up is that the coin must have full original <u>luster.</u> That&#039;s not the same thing as color. So, even by stricly following the ANA syandards, a toned coin can be graded as even MS70 as long it meets the criteria. The only way that toning can detract from the grade of a coin is if it adversely affects eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>And when it comes to experts disagreeing on the grade of a coin, it quite often comes down to eye appeal. For eye appeal is the single most subjective grading criteria used. And at the same time, it is one of the most important. Some say THE most important.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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