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Message:: [QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 1987828, member: 36248"] I think one of the things that happens to coin collectors after they have spent a few years staring at coins is that the allure of the out-of-this-world color dissipates, and you start to appreciate more "natural" skin.   In many ways, this unadulterated skin is very attractive, and yet, it is not necessarily like being punched in the face by a rainbow, or stripped clean and shining bright white.   Those are the two looks that newbies and non-coin people often find mesmerizing.    As people become more advanced collectors, and more importantly, have handled and eyeballed enough coins, the really obnoxious eye-appealing coins become less so, and an appreciation for the subtle pastel colors, dirty/crusty, mottled, and other adjectives of "original" skinned coins.   That doesnt mean you stop loving the for rainbow toned or brilliant white coins, it just means you might pause on an original coin, and give it a fair shot at understanding and appreciated it's skin.   There are plenty of coins that are "grungy" and just will probably never have eye appeal to anyone, ever. I would say it's like wine, but I don't know jack about wine, and never plan to.   I would drink the expensive stuff right along with the swill, and probably never know or care about the differences.   But I don't claim to be a wine connoisseur, just a coin-consumer.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> [/QUOTE]

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