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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 796325, member: 112"]Ever hear the saying - a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing ? Well it is. It's a dangerous thing because some people take a little bit of knowledge that they don't understand and interpet it to mean all sorts of things. Of course a large part of the problem is a book written by Weimar White where he says that any all toning on a coin is damage and that the toning should be removed. Well, that's absolute nonsense. It his personal opinion that any and all toning is damage and that it should be removed. But the vast, vast majority of the numismatic community does not consider toning to be damage at all. And a large part of the community considers attractive toning to be an asset - a good thing. But as is true in many cases, there is a grain of truth in what was said. Toning, IF allowed to progress unchecked will eventually reach the point where it turns into corrosion and it will then damage the coin. But it is an easy matter to slow down toning to the point that for all practical purposes that it is stopped. And as long as that is done - then toning will not eat away at the coin. What you read was a case of a person saying something when they don't know what they are talking about. Or - someone who agrees with Weimar White and his opinions.[/QUOTE]