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<p>[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2799642, member: 71723"]Are you "okay with that"? I mean, we're talking about an entire sub-specialty built on something that the "paid to know" experts have decided to punt on! Wow! Just because some people think they're interesting? If that's going to be the standard, what's next? The "road rash" that newbies keep posting in the the Error Coins section? They're interesting to some people too, OBVIOUSLY. I don't get the whole toning fascination at all. What is happening to people's minds?</p><p><br /></p><p>Try to explain the virtue of toning to even ONE native Asian collector. They won't "get it" either. Culturally, to them, it's "damage". We've got people intentionally putting .999 silver in contact with high-sulfur paper, and they're buying ultra-expensive copper-laden strips to PREVENT toning their silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>That's a lot of value risked on a coin's flip proposition, isn't it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2799642, member: 71723"]Are you "okay with that"? I mean, we're talking about an entire sub-specialty built on something that the "paid to know" experts have decided to punt on! Wow! Just because some people think they're interesting? If that's going to be the standard, what's next? The "road rash" that newbies keep posting in the the Error Coins section? They're interesting to some people too, OBVIOUSLY. I don't get the whole toning fascination at all. What is happening to people's minds? Try to explain the virtue of toning to even ONE native Asian collector. They won't "get it" either. Culturally, to them, it's "damage". We've got people intentionally putting .999 silver in contact with high-sulfur paper, and they're buying ultra-expensive copper-laden strips to PREVENT toning their silver. That's a lot of value risked on a coin's flip proposition, isn't it?[/QUOTE]
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