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Message:: [QUOTE="Troodon, post: 210748, member: 4626"]Seems almost pointless to say this, as it's really just a matter of personal preference, but for the most part I just don't care for toning (as far as I'm concerned, "toning" is just a euphamism for "tarnish," and in any sane world it should lower the value of a coin, not raise it!).  I understand the reality that some people do like toning, and I don't think it's unreasonable for coins with toning that some find attractive to carry a small premium for the sake of those it appeals to, but I don't get why some carry large premiums because of it.  And I agree with GDJMSP, if you can't tell the difference between a coin that's "naturally" toned with one that's "artificially" toned, what difference does it make?  For that matter, if you CAN tell the difference, what difference does it make?  If you want toned coins so bad, why not just buy them untoned, tone them yourself, and pocket the savings to buy more coins?  May ruin the value doing that, but if you just want toned coins in your collection and don't intend to sell them anyway, so what? And don't get me started on "monster toning," a term that I consider synonymous with "butt-ugly toning."  (I always assumed the reason they called it "monster toning" was that just like a monster, it is something you want to quickly get away from, lol...)[/QUOTE]