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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chip, post: 772288, member: 19122&quot;]Artificial toning is considered bad, the definition of it tho is a bit slippery, since natural processes are in play. </p><p><br /></p><p>But there is a Rebbe Miller who put out a good treatise on artificiality, his was concerned with man instead of coins but&nbsp; some general principals might apply.</p><p><br /></p><p>First off coins are artificial, they represent artifice, men taking metal ore, refining it, shaping it, adding representations that many consider art, would &quot;natural&quot; purists turn down any coin because they are products of mans ingenuity? If they would, they would&nbsp; be Mr. Nature Boys turning their backs on a world of artificiality, which would make them somewhat more retro than the amish or Ted Kazinsky (sp?).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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