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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2953892, member: 15309"]We are not owners of coins, merely custodians. At some point, the coins will go to someone else. In most cases, people sell their coins, and when they do, the desires of the potential buyers (originality) are no longer capricious standards, they are buyer demands. The attempt to meet those demands is prudent and logical, whereas your flippant dismissal strikes me as reckless and foolish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Determining the authenticity of toning is not absolute, it falls on a sliding scale. Some coins are so badly AT that we can say with near certainty that the toning is not original. Other coins bear so many indicators of NT that we can safely assume the originality of the coin. In your world, you place all coins in the middle where it is impossible to discern originality, because you simply don't care. I have news for you Eddie, the world doesn't revolve around you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2953892, member: 15309"]We are not owners of coins, merely custodians. At some point, the coins will go to someone else. In most cases, people sell their coins, and when they do, the desires of the potential buyers (originality) are no longer capricious standards, they are buyer demands. The attempt to meet those demands is prudent and logical, whereas your flippant dismissal strikes me as reckless and foolish. Determining the authenticity of toning is not absolute, it falls on a sliding scale. Some coins are so badly AT that we can say with near certainty that the toning is not original. Other coins bear so many indicators of NT that we can safely assume the originality of the coin. In your world, you place all coins in the middle where it is impossible to discern originality, because you simply don't care. I have news for you Eddie, the world doesn't revolve around you.[/QUOTE]
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