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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2260442, member: 15929&quot;]Ha ha ha! Funny!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve stored my Silver Eagles in Albums for better than 15 years and not a single one has what would be considered &quot;nice&quot; toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a Kennedy collection in a Whitman Album that&#039;s been there since 2004 and none have what could be considered &quot;nice&quot; toning. Even the silver coins are flat and lifeless.</p><p><br /></p><p>I WISH they would tone and anybody that can have a coin tone up like Tommy&#039;s did in 5 short years is my hero! AND, regardless on intent, the coins are NT &quot;unless&quot; tommy only filled every other hole and then stuck some type of toning agent in the empty holes. Then it would be AT.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then, folks should NOT get so hung up on whether or not something is AT or NT or whether or not it has an MS70 or MS64 grade. The basic tenant of a collector is to acquire and order so that s/he can proudly state that &quot;I have 1 of every one ever made!&quot; AND &quot;Each one is in the best possible condition that I could find!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Many, many, many, many, coins which have been &quot;assisted&quot; in their path toward toning excellence have made it unquestioned through the hands of some very famous and popular collectors &quot;simply because the coin represented the Brad Pitt (or Angelina Jolie) of coins. (i.e. it looked purty!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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