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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dougmeister, post: 2212804, member: 56842&quot;]Yes, it is damage, but if it is considered to have eye appeal, then they call it &quot;toning&quot;. ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/eyeappeal.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/eyeappeal.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/eyeappeal.html</a></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><i>&quot;For toning, PCGS uses seven levels of eye appeal, from &#039;Amazing&#039; to &#039;Ugly&#039;. For luster on mint state coins and depth of reflectivity on proofs, PCGS uses six levels of eye appeal, from &#039;Amazing&#039; to &#039;Negative&#039;.&quot;</i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i>&quot;...splotchy toning and/or deeply embedded toning is never positive no matter how &#039;original.&#039;&quot;</i></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i>&quot;Totally Ugly toning can subtract up to two points from the &#039;technical&#039; grade, or be so bad that the coin is a &#039;no-grade&#039; for &#039;environmental damage.&#039;&quot;</i></font></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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