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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HawkeEye, post: 3200329, member: 86305&quot;]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">All true, but my point was someone intentionally elevating a coin from circulated to uncirculated.&nbsp; I have seen them in AU58 or MS60 holders that I wondered which side of the line they were on.&nbsp; But I don&#039;t think I have ever seen an XF45 elevated to an MS65 because it was nicely toned or had faint traces of mint luster.</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">Back in here somewhere I pointed people to the Sunnywood collection over at PCGS.&nbsp; This one sold for astounding numbers, so toning is worth many multiples of quoted prices to many.&nbsp; But I take eye appeal to be a broader issue including quality of strike, luster, etc.&nbsp; Give us a well struck Morgan with rainbow toning and price is a different deal.</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">This is a favorite from my 1881-O collection and I think worth a premium, but I like toned coins.</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]828115[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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