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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 3451445, member: 22377"]Here is a thread from [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] with good information about the T & W:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-ngc-t-w-designations-the-lost-designations.208532/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-ngc-t-w-designations-the-lost-designations.208532/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-ngc-t-w-designations-the-lost-designations.208532/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This link on his thread is broken, so here is an updated one about NGC discontinuing those designations:</p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/73/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/73/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/73/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And some specifics:</p><p>"The reason for ending its use is simply that the marketplace doesn’t see a great need for this designation. <b>It was introduced by NGC about 2-1/2 years ago*</b> at the suggestion of some dealers and collectors who wished to distinguish between toned and untoned coins. A recent re-evaluation of this designation by NGC suggests that it has had minimal impact on the coin market."</p><p><br /></p><p>*This would put the date around early 2000 as the article was from August 2002.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 3451445, member: 22377"]Here is a thread from [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER] with good information about the T & W: [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-ngc-t-w-designations-the-lost-designations.208532/[/url] This link on his thread is broken, so here is an updated one about NGC discontinuing those designations: [url]https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/73/[/url] And some specifics: "The reason for ending its use is simply that the marketplace doesn’t see a great need for this designation. [B]It was introduced by NGC about 2-1/2 years ago*[/B] at the suggestion of some dealers and collectors who wished to distinguish between toned and untoned coins. A recent re-evaluation of this designation by NGC suggests that it has had minimal impact on the coin market." *This would put the date around early 2000 as the article was from August 2002.[/QUOTE]
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