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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kryptonitecomic, post: 1018064, member: 26784&quot;]Wow...lots of posts since I last took a look...</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me take a moment to clear up a few things....</p><p><br /></p><p>#1 I have been collecting coins since I believe 1991 or there abouts and joined the old PCGS forums priar to the cutover in Feb of 2001.</p><p><br /></p><p>#2 I jumped into toned coins extensively at the end of 2004 and was a founding member of the TCCS as of Jan 2005. At that point I would have been considered new to toners but by 2007 when I sold my first collection due to divorce I would say that I was as well versed in toned coins as folks who had collected for many decades. I don&#039;t do anything half way so I spoke with dealers and collectors who had been in the hobby for many decades before me and I looked at thousands of coins in those first few years and I came to be able to recognize NT from AT, historical storage methods and how coins in those storage vessels tone, propertise of toning (silver sulfide, natural color progression) etc at a very high level of expertise. </p><p><br /></p><p>#3 Since 2007 I have remained dedicated to toned coin collecting and education and have literally seen just about every type of toned coin....the good and the bad in both person and in online venues like Heritage/Ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p>#4 I don&#039;t consider myself the afore most authority on toned coins..I know many dealers who have far more experience like say Mike defalco, however I do consider myself a subject matter expert on toned coins and I rarely find myself stumped by any question thrown at me. I agree with lehigh that I don&#039;t believe a degree in metalergy is necessary to truly be in expert in coins or more specifically toned coins but again....I won&#039;t lable myself an expert...just highly competent when it comes to all things toned.</p><p><br /></p><p>#5 for this discussion I believe being a part time dealer of coins on and off since 1997 on Ebay...not just the last year as was stated.....has giving me a chance to buy and sell tens of thousands of coins and I think only a moron would not pick up a lot of advanced knowledge on the subject over that many years of being neck deep in coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>#6 for those who have posted favorible comments about me or my talents surrounding toned coins...I say thank you and I consider many of those same folks to be extremely knowledgable on the subject as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>#7 for those who do not think I know what I am talking about or who are not impressed with my background credintials...I say fair enough....I for one will not lose any sleep over it and I respect your right to think whatever you want to think about me. My ultimate goal is to help rid the hobby of the AT garbage out there...it is not to present myself as the next coming of David Hall <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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