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<p>[QUOTE="bahabully, post: 1751523, member: 17555"]Hey Cremebrule... unsure I know what I meant by 'mother nature',, morgandude referenced it as a natural process that occurs between a coin and sulfer, like that which exists in an album often times and under the right conditions. So, had some fun with the newly introduced term ; )</p><p> </p><p>I don't call any of the coins I sell or that are in my collection, or that are raw, or that are slabbed NT. I call them toned, and generally don't even call that out. I classify coins: Date - Series - Condition........ if toning exists, then either ask me my opinion or judge yourself. If you ask me my opinion will give it as MA or QT, and also tell you that I am no where near an expert and to check with Lehigh, or Shane, or Doug on CoinTalk if you want a better opinion that I could offer.</p><p> </p><p>Personally, I enjoy both of what I feel are MA and QT coins in my collection. I have heard before an interesting quote... "skin grows on coins, QT today, NT in time"... so holding a few monstor QT's in my collection is kinda like buying 5000 shares in a penny stock imo. Put em' in an album, put the album in the attic, and let'em erode as mother nature intended.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bahabully, post: 1751523, member: 17555"]Hey Cremebrule... unsure I know what I meant by 'mother nature',, morgandude referenced it as a natural process that occurs between a coin and sulfer, like that which exists in an album often times and under the right conditions. So, had some fun with the newly introduced term ; ) I don't call any of the coins I sell or that are in my collection, or that are raw, or that are slabbed NT. I call them toned, and generally don't even call that out. I classify coins: Date - Series - Condition........ if toning exists, then either ask me my opinion or judge yourself. If you ask me my opinion will give it as MA or QT, and also tell you that I am no where near an expert and to check with Lehigh, or Shane, or Doug on CoinTalk if you want a better opinion that I could offer. Personally, I enjoy both of what I feel are MA and QT coins in my collection. I have heard before an interesting quote... "skin grows on coins, QT today, NT in time"... so holding a few monstor QT's in my collection is kinda like buying 5000 shares in a penny stock imo. Put em' in an album, put the album in the attic, and let'em erode as mother nature intended.[/QUOTE]
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