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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 479289, member: 15309&quot;]Richie,</p><p><br /></p><p>His book is very good and a must read for any collector of toned coins.&nbsp; His views on toning are&nbsp; opposed to the general consensus of numismatics.&nbsp; Most people recognize that toning is the first step of corrosion and think that proper preservation is a reasonable solution to stop (slow dramatically) the toning process.&nbsp; White takes a hard line stance that toning is damage and should be removed by dipping the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I said that I agree that he is a nutcase, I was alluding to the fact that his ideas on the topic are very unconventional and he is very opinionated on the subject.&nbsp; Regardless of the specific reasons why, my agreement with others assessments in no way justified the personal attack the ensued by jon26.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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