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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 639417, member: 16948&quot;]I completely agree with Mark - and Jack.&nbsp; As most everyone around here knows, I absolutely love toned coins.&nbsp; Just check out some of my postings - better yet, check out my website (<a href="http://www.thepennylady.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thepennylady.com" rel="nofollow">www.thepennylady.com</a>).&nbsp; Look at the prices on my website for toned coins.&nbsp; Sure, they may seem high to you, but that&#039;s what these beauties are selling for.&nbsp; And I, for one, will gladly pay (and do pay) a premium to have a coin that has beautiful toning, whether it be for my personal collection or for sale, as I think they are well worth it. That&#039;s one of the things I&#039;m known for and toned coins is one of my better markets.&nbsp; And there are many more out there who feel the same, and who will also pay (and have paid) premiums for toned coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bahabully, we who love toned coins are not talking like you&#039;re some newbie, but perhaps <i>because </i>you have been around for as long as you have (perhaps over the &quot;past few decades&quot;), you may not be as &quot;in tuned&quot; with the toned coin market as we are because it has exploded over the past few years.&nbsp; Whether you like them or not is not the issue, and whether you think Jack paid more than you think that Lincoln is worth doesn&#039;t really matter - he did in fact &quot;rip&quot; that coin, as it is worth quite a bit more than what he paid on the toned coin market.&nbsp; I&#039;m not, and Jack is not, talking about the regular red Lincoln market - that market is not comparable here.&nbsp; Red copper lovers are in a whole different ball game than toned copper lovers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example, I paid $75 for the 1957 below - a common wheatie and one that often comes in pretty toning.&nbsp; Probably worth $10+ in a nice red MS65.&nbsp; But I can tell you that if I were to sell it (though I won&#039;t since it is in my personal collection), it would probably sell for $130-$150, and I can just about guarantee you that coin would garner that price.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Another example is the 1909 proof Indian cent below.&nbsp; Again, it&#039;s not for sale, but without the toning this coin is probably worth only $250-$300. But BECAUSE of the beautiful toning, I paid lots more than that and have already been offered TWICE what I paid - <i>all because of that stunning toning!&nbsp; </i></p><p><br /></p><p>So my point is that all you non-toned coin people need to take your head out of the ground, wake up, and join the modern world market of toned coins - it&#039;s out there, it&#039;s strong, it&#039;s growing, and it&#039;s rabid![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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