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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1393790, member: 15199&quot;]As most active collectors, I have been the recipient of such grades, even though I have possessed them from &quot;white&quot;, so my comments are not accusatory. At first glance, I can personally see why they were graded as &quot;questionable&quot;, as I would have doubts also. Questionable just means they couldn&#039;t say or felt they were NT.&nbsp; Some collectors feel that if they resubmit several times, eventually they might get a grade, but this is not always true. There is no physical test that can determine that a certain toning is NT rather than AT, so it is always subjective. You paid for their opinion, and that was it. Artifical coloration/decolorization of coins occurred before the 1900s and for a long time was accepted by the majority of collectors, and then the tide towards original surfaces caught up, and then original surfaces with toning became the sought after condition for maximum profit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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