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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1905994, member: 15309&quot;]This subject is one of my pet peeves.&nbsp; I have been involved in the toned coin market for well over a decade.&nbsp; I have had conversations like this with tens if not hundreds of people.&nbsp; Of all of the people who claim that they have first hand knowledge of a coin doctor who can artificially tone coins that will consistently fool the TPG graders, not one was ever willing to divulge the name of the coin doctor.&nbsp; Let me repeat that!&nbsp; The number of people with first hand knowledge willing to publicly divulge the name of coin doctor is ZERO!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sorry, but if a collector has any regard for the integrity of the hobby, they should be compelled to expose those within our hobby who are guilty of fraud.&nbsp; And artificially toning coins, whether to cover existing problems or enhance eye appeal is fraud.&nbsp; It leads me to believe that a large majority of the people who claim they have first hand knowledge of successful AT coin doctors are lying.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I don&#039;t believe you are lying.&nbsp; I believe that you knew a guy back in the 80&#039;s and 90&#039;s who was able to apply monochromatic toning in order to hide flaws on a coin.&nbsp; And I also believe that there is a small group of people who are capable of getting some of their AT creations past the graders at the TPG&#039;s.&nbsp; But make no mistake, it is extremely difficult and those who know have extremely strong incentives not to teach or even tell anyone their secrets.&nbsp; If the secret of ATing coins to enhance eye appeal was common knowledge, their would be no premium associated with the coins because they would become nothing more than common widgets, much like their dipped white counterparts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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