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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rbm86, post: 11969, member: 854&quot;]OK, take a look at this coin, for sale for an eye-popping $4,400 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=41107&amp;item=3042472682" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=41107&amp;item=3042472682" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=41107&amp;item=3042472682</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, given the coin is in a PCGS holder, the toning is, presumably, genuine.&nbsp; Here are my questions:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; How does a coin like this get such toning?&nbsp; I would suspect that such toning is not possible by leaving the coin in the original mint packaging.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; If the coin was toned because it was removed from the orginal mint packaging, what &quot;technique&quot; was used to result in such toning?&nbsp; An album dusted with sulfur?&nbsp; A coin envelope with sulfur-based paper? </p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; Are prices this high common for such toned coins?&nbsp; I guess the seller sells them.&nbsp; The seller also has many other very expensive coins for sale -- why sell them on e-Bay?&nbsp; I would think he/she would do better through a prestigeous auction house.&nbsp; But perhaps not --- the prices might&nbsp; be higher that what would be realized at auction and the seller is hoping for wealthy Ebayers with money to burn.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; Are &quot;monster toned&quot; coins (with monster prices) a fad or are they here to stay (like cameo proofs)?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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