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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1418100, member: 112&quot;]Paul I have never said any such thing. What I have said is that 2002 was about the time that prices started going upward for toned coins and that the popularity of toned coins started increasing then. And I have said that prior to 2002 blast white was all the rage and that there were far more people who paid premiums for blast white coins than there were who paid premiums for toned coins. That&#039;s a far cry from what you are claiming I said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you wanna prove that for yourself ? Go back and search the NGC and PCGS forums for posts made prior to 2002. You&#039;ll see it for yourself. It&#039;s right there in black and white. You will find post after post of people going oooooh and ahhhhhh over blast white coins. But only a few posts about colorfully toned coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well no that is not what I would have said actually. What you&#039;re saying is true, no doubt about that. But what I would say is that yes, they did AT coins to have rainbow colors for the collectors who liked rainbow toned coins and were willing to pay a small premium for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paul you can go back as far as you want, on any forum you want, and search out my posts for the past 10 years, which was long before you ever showed up. And what you will find is that I have always said the same exact thing - there has always been a segment of the market that liked colorfully and attractively toned coins. But the size of that segment used to be quite small as compared to the size of it today. And you will also find that I have always said that yes, collectors in that segment have always been willing to pay a premium for the the toned coins. But the size of that premium was quite small compared to the size of the premiums paid in recent years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those comments are made in general terms. Yeah there were probably some isolated incidents of collectors paying sizable premiums for a toned coin. But there are isolated incidents of collectors paying sizable premiums for any given coin, in any given time frame. But isolated incidents do not indicate a trend or typical occurrences.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Paul, as usual, you are twisting my words, a favorite habit of yours, to make it seem as if I said something that I did not say. I never said the internet and digital photography <u>caused</u> those bubbles. What I said was that I doubt that the bubbles would have happened had it not been for the internet and digital photography. Two very different things Paul.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>edit - and before it goes any further. I&#039;m done. I&#039;m not going to get into yet another endless argument with you. It aint worth the effort.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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