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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1502850, member: 2972&quot;]I don&#039;t consider myself a &quot;big gun&quot;, but I would answer your question with &quot;extremely unlikely&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never seen that type of toning on a GSA dollar, for instance, and we know they came from bags.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there are others who collect and look at these coins far more than I -- it&#039;s far astray from my focus on early copper and type coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A thought-provoking line of logic, but flawed in my eyes.&nbsp; First, the intelligent coin doctor might conclude as you have, that introducing a different toning type might lead collectors to raise their eyebrows, and might throw that out in hopes of using reverse psychology.&nbsp; Second, that coin could have been unattractively toned on the reverse and the doctor dipped it and retoned in an attempt to hide this defect.&nbsp; Third, and most importantly, I try not to apply logic on those who seek to deceive me, as, in my experience, it generally is a poor predictor of deviant/unlawful/deceitful behavior -- often defined as doing the wrong thing for the wrong reasons and fundamentally illogical.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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