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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 1587330, member: 37839&quot;][ATTACH]220632.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]220633.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was under $200, and is as pretty in hand as the photograph might suggest.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This debate has raged for years and years.&nbsp; In terms of liking toning, it is a matter of taste.&nbsp; Some folks like their coins blazing white.&nbsp; Some like them toned.&nbsp; Some like proofs fresh out of the Mint.&nbsp; Some like slabbers, while others swear by raw.&nbsp; Taste, taste, taste.&nbsp; However, to suggest that toned coins are a fad is mighty silly.&nbsp; In the 40 plus years of my collecting, there have always been fans of toning.&nbsp; Are the prices of &quot;monster toned coins&quot; sustainable?&nbsp; Who knows--is the price of gold sustainable at current rates?&nbsp;&nbsp; This is all speculation---while I have an extensive toned coin collection now, NOT a single one of the toners was the product of an expenditure of &quot;moon money.&quot;&nbsp; There are lots of lovely toned coins out there at reasonable prices--all it takes is patience and a good eye--just like any cherry picking.&nbsp;&nbsp; For people to put toning down as <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />verpaying for a chemical reaction&quot; is as silly as someone putting down paying big bucks for a silver coin from the 1870s that is blazing white.&nbsp; Obviously, those coins tone as they age, and perhaps not all that attractively.&nbsp; So, most of them have been dipped to give them &quot;market acceptability.&quot;&nbsp; Is a bright overpriced coin a &quot;better investment&quot; than a toned one?&nbsp; hardly.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think the key is to look for whatever one likes and get the coins at as reasonable as possible prices.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t go off and spend $1500 for a &quot;monster toned&quot; 1883o Morgan, as that is an untenable investment FOR ME.&nbsp; However, if I see a beautiful 1883o Morgan with beautiful toning for $150 or $200, I would and have not hesitated to buy if I like it.&nbsp; It is all a matter of value, but to dismiss toned coins as a &quot;fad&quot; simply isn&#039;t being realistic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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