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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1498331, member: 26030&quot;]Hey Mike,&nbsp; One really good way to improve your skill on separating NT (market acceptable) coins from AT coins is to look at as many NT coins as possible.&nbsp; All the colorfully-toned coins shown in the link below got PCGS&#039;s blessing and a PCGS grade (which is their way of giving their stamp of approval that the coins were &quot;market acceptable&quot;).&nbsp; The whole question of NT vs. AT is really a complicated one and has more to do with intention and time rather than process (as far as I understand it).&nbsp; Does PCGS or NGC ever make a mistake?&nbsp; I am sure they do.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One way to improve&nbsp; your chances if you dont&#039; have your skill set built up yet, is only buy colorfully toned coins if they were (are) PCGS or NGC graded.&nbsp; You should note however that sometimes NGC will bless a coin that PCGS rejects and visa versa.&nbsp; My experience has been (so far) that PCGS is slightly stricter than NGC with colorful toning (but others might have a different opinion and experience).&nbsp;&nbsp; Certainly you can find some crazy examples in both companies slabs.&nbsp; I have to add that I personally feel the most confident in buying colorfully-toned coins that are PCGS graded already.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you buy RAW (ungraded) colorfully-toned coins, you are gambling a bit more, at least until you acquire more skills on this front.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/showcase.aspx?sc=1362" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/showcase.aspx?sc=1362" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/showcase.aspx?sc=1362</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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