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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 318051, member: 4626&quot;]I&#039;ve always thought of &quot;monster toning&quot; as seriously ugly.&nbsp; It still boggles my mind to think that people will actually pay MORE for a coin because of heavy tarnish.&nbsp; In a sane world it should make the coin worth a lot LESS, if not nothing at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, I do realize that there are people who collect toned coins and have a preference for them.&nbsp; I still can&#039;t comprehend why though, especially when the toning is so heavy it is clearly heavy ugly tarnish or corrosion... whoever figured out how to market such coins at a huge premium when nobody should want to touch them with a 10 foot pole is a genius.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Toning&quot; is just a euphamism for &quot;tarnish.&quot;&nbsp; I wonder if there&#039;s some euphamism I could come up with to convince people that scratches and dents make a coin more attractive, and thus more valuable.&nbsp; I could make a fortune selling all my damaged or worn coins and use the money to replace them with mint state coins that nobody will want anymore, since they&#039;re so less valuable lol...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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