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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1905908, member: 15309&quot;]Did you miss the word unusual in my post?&nbsp; There are many toning patterns and color schemes that are widely accepted as market acceptable.&nbsp; Furthermore, many of these toning patterns take decades to develop.&nbsp; It is only the UNUSUAL toning patterns that are proof of improper storage.&nbsp; Now I will admit that what constitutes &quot;UNUSUAL&quot; is somewhat of a moving target.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is unfortunate for those who had coins stored in albums with no access to air conditioning.&nbsp; While not intending to improperly store their coins, the TPG graders have no way of knowing that their intentions were good.&nbsp; All they know is what they see on the coin.&nbsp; And when they see blue &amp; violet toning on silver coins, they are going to deem the toning questionable almost all of the time.&nbsp; It makes no difference whether the coin was actually artificially toned or not.&nbsp; Artificial toning or toning resulting from improper storage will yield the same result, a problem coin![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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