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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;boonefrog, post: 973297, member: 26552&quot;]Sheesh, folks! As a beginner, I&#039;ve heard a bit about rabidly opinionated numismatists. Then compound that with internet-given anonymity and you get threads like this. Not that I&#039;m close to reconsidering or anything but it is <b>truly</b> a turn-ff to the hobby for a younger (or any new) collector - especially when you can tell that the vast majority of the loudest opinions are coming from otherwise smart people.</p><p><br /></p><p>aaaannnyyyway. I first looked at this thread because I was personally pretty distraught by what I saw as a saturation of artificially-toned (or artificial-toned-looking) coins as I browsed eBay. And I probably wanted some vindication. For me, it really pushed me away from any coloration. Seeing bqcoin&#039;s and the other poster&#039;s Barber examples on the second page gave me a bit of hope though. I find those examples - along with the nice one from BR549 - breathtakingly beautiful. Point is, as others have said, it&#039;s personal preference. And that can change. While I don&#039;t think I&#039;ll ever be too attracted to the &quot;comet&quot;-type toned coins and I&#039;ll always feel that ATed coins are disingenuous in a way, I also don&#039;t really care if you want to buy them. My eye goes for non-Lisa Frank specimens - that just means less demand for those that do!</p><p><br /></p><p>So sure, this debate represents a schism of sorts in preference, but it seems it&#039;s much more of a spectrum that a clear cut dichotomy of opinion. Cheers to those posters that tried to put things in perspective. The thread would be intolerable otherwise.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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