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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2179529, member: 15309"]While I agree that there will always be the group that prefers untoned coins, many of those in that group have never been introduced to rainbow toned coins and don't even know they exist. That is the primary reason that people used to prefer untoned coins, and why so many toned coins were dipped a few decades ago. Today, those that don't know about toned coins represent the novice collectors who don't peruse internet coin forums.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rainbow toned market expansion is directly linked to two technological advances: the internet and digital photography. Now that showing toned coins is as easy as snapping a photo with your iPhone and uploading it to a internet coin forum, the exposure of rainbow toned coins is widespread. Neither of these factors are going away, therefore there is no reason to think that interest in rainbow toned coins will decline significantly in the future. The biggest threat to the toned coin market is an erosion in the confidence of the TPG's to weed out artificially toned coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rainbow toned coin market has been strong and stable for over 15 years. I'm not sure how long it has to stay that way before people will stop calling it a fad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2179529, member: 15309"]While I agree that there will always be the group that prefers untoned coins, many of those in that group have never been introduced to rainbow toned coins and don't even know they exist. That is the primary reason that people used to prefer untoned coins, and why so many toned coins were dipped a few decades ago. Today, those that don't know about toned coins represent the novice collectors who don't peruse internet coin forums. The rainbow toned market expansion is directly linked to two technological advances: the internet and digital photography. Now that showing toned coins is as easy as snapping a photo with your iPhone and uploading it to a internet coin forum, the exposure of rainbow toned coins is widespread. Neither of these factors are going away, therefore there is no reason to think that interest in rainbow toned coins will decline significantly in the future. The biggest threat to the toned coin market is an erosion in the confidence of the TPG's to weed out artificially toned coins. The rainbow toned coin market has been strong and stable for over 15 years. I'm not sure how long it has to stay that way before people will stop calling it a fad.[/QUOTE]
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