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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 4890784, member: 37839&quot;]I agree.&nbsp; Although, toning is an extremely personal thing, and difficult to quantify.&nbsp; My feeling is that the word “monster” is overused, and has been become a numismatic cliche, just like “buy the coin, and not the holder.” </p><p><br /></p><p>There are many truths in these aphorisms, but then again, generalizing something that is very personal is difficult.&nbsp; Grading is more concrete—either a coin is gem uncirculated, or it isn’t.&nbsp; Even given the Sheldon scale, there are many different views on grading, and much variance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatics is a very subjective hobby, and people approach it from many perspectives.&nbsp; Since collecting has an aspect of personal aesthetics to it, and that is extremely hard to quantify.&nbsp; Toning, is one of the biggest controversies in a hobby that rises and falls on personal taste.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think people are actually doing a good job of evaluating “how they see a coin.”&nbsp; We may agree, individually, and collectively, or we may not.&nbsp; However, there are no wrongs or rights in dealing with toned coins—it is basically personal.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, I do agree that there are more monsters than we think. So far, we have rated only one coin as a 6, as a group.&nbsp;&nbsp; That is the Moose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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