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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2329442, member: 24314&quot;]Thank you &quot;Change.&quot;&nbsp; I feel any opinions given on CT (in good faith,; right or wrong) are just that - an opinion - not trashing.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just because the coin was purchased in the fancy box does not indicate in any way that it is original toning.&nbsp; As is wrote previously, IMO IT IS STILL A BEAUTIFUL COIN!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Toning is a difficult subject.&nbsp; A decade ago, near the start of TPG, Bill Fivaz pulled a gem rainbow coin from his safe and sent it in to one of the two &quot;Top&quot; services. It came back in a body bag as AT!&nbsp; He was furious because he knew where the coin had been for years.&nbsp; He wrote a scathing letter to the Editor about the experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have toned coins in my collection...one a lustrous LAVENDER Peace dollar that is 100% natural.&nbsp; Mike Fazzari has told me that he worked in TN at a coin shop that had pine walls and gas heat.&nbsp; He saw thousands of silver rounds in buckets covered in cobwebs that were deep iridescent green, purple, pink, and blue!&nbsp; None of those rounds would be considered natural although they were naturally toned. </p><p>PS I got the peace dollar from Mike.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now to answer the 8/2 rating.&nbsp; One spot on the coin and the color looks natural, while the total picture looks AT.&nbsp; On one hand, blotchy toning and unusual color with tiny, untoned, spotting is not a good sign; on the other hand, coins that are up against &quot;dirty velvet&quot; or other types of cloth tend to resemble this coin.&nbsp; Gun to my head...I&#039;ll say Natural.&nbsp; However, AND THIS IS THE BIG ONE: If I worked for a TPGS, not market acceptable AT. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As I wrote before, Crack it and keep it raw or sell for $$$.&nbsp; Toned coins are hot.&nbsp; IMO, don&#039;t waste any more money on grading fees.&nbsp; 8/2 it will be returned from PCGS, NGC, ICG as AT.&nbsp; I cannot guess about ANACE but that is where&nbsp; I would send it if I wanted it in a &quot;straight graded&quot; slab.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My money is on the TPGS over all of you.&nbsp; The TPGS see more toned coins than anyone on CT.&nbsp; They see more AT than anyone here too.&nbsp; There are characteristics found on natural and AT coins that help make decisions such as my 8/2.&nbsp; Eventually they catch even the very deceptive AT coins like the rash of commemoratives with blocky, blue, brown colors that flooded the market decades ago!</p><p><br /></p><p>DOUG IS CORRECT.&nbsp; Learn to grade and buy the coin not the plastic![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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