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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 656962, member: 13650&quot;]The vast majority of the time it will mean it&#039;s NT.&nbsp; Especially if it resides in a TPG service slab such as PCGS or NGC.&nbsp; They won&#039;t slab anything that&#039;s even somewhat questionable.&nbsp; If you stick with slabs, you should be safe 99% of the time.</p><p>&nbsp; Toning experts that are willing to pay big money for a coin are not going to blow money like that on a doctored/painted coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; They bring good money when they&#039;re real, in many cases because they&#039;re rare.&nbsp;&nbsp; NT Morgans are not rare.&nbsp;&nbsp; NT Peace dollars are very rare.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many proof coins have toned nicely over the years naturally.&nbsp; They&#039;re pretty common.&nbsp; Franklin halves rarely exhibit NT.&nbsp; I&#039;d say they&#039;re relatively rare.&nbsp; &nbsp; True, NT rainbow colored Mercury dimes are rare.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; You should know all this when you&#039;re browsing auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Also, look at the colors.&nbsp; Most bag toned coins have a natural transition from blue on the outer edge to magenta to almost an orange with normally like a tan to light rust colored leading edge around where the other coin overlapped it.&nbsp;&nbsp; The normal pattern is very common. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Any loose coins with super bright easter egg colors, perfect target toning, bubbles, a burnt smell, or just a mass of wild colors on both front and back should be automatically suspect.&nbsp;&nbsp; If somebody has something really special, most would want to submit it to NGC to try to get the star designation so it would stand out.&nbsp; If they haven&#039;t submitted it, you have to ask why not??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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