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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;oval_man, post: 1502658, member: 22602&quot;]What am I, chopped liberty? None of you big guns has answered my humble question of whether this coin&#039;s reverse could <i>possibly</i> be bag toning. The difference in toning was one of the first things I noticed about the coin, and, not even considering this to be a different kind of toning (due to my inexperience), assumed the coin had moved within the bag. I understand that the consensus is &quot;album or envelop,&quot; but could this type of toning have been produced in a bag? Possible odds?</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding originality, I&#039;d like to press my idea of a few posts ago a bit further. I would submit, playing devil&#039;s advocate, that, if the ATer were so talented that he could produce such a stunning, credible obverse, he would possess enough knowledge to know that a mismatched reverse might arouse suspicion in the potential buyer. Therefore, the fact that the reverse is differently-toned is stronger evidence <i>for</i> natural toning, not against it. (In fact, since both sides of this coin offer attractive toning—one stunning, one pleasing—I doubt an ATer would have bothered to tone the other side, risking botching the coin as a whole. I would assume ATers would start with common, blast white specimens; less to risk.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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