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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 1647658, member: 4626&quot;]&quot;Toning&quot; is just a euphemism for corrosion, and I&#039;ve never understood why people would ever pay more for something that would logically seem to decrease a coin&#039;s value, if anything.&nbsp; It&#039;s quite often fake and imo, almost always detracts from the appearance of a coin rather than enhances it.&nbsp; I honestly think that there&#039;s just something wrong with anyone who thinks any kind of toning looks attractive, especially crazy bright colors that the minters of the coins never intended them to be.&nbsp; I&#039;m kind of hoping it&#039;s a fad that dies off so people no longer have a motive to ruin perfectly good coins by artificially toning them, or intentionally place them in environments that will cause them to tone (which I still don&#039;t understand why that&#039;s not also considered artificial toning).&nbsp; I understand all coins will darken over time but I never could figure out why toning in various unnatural colors was ever considered attractive by anyone.&nbsp; I know it&#039;s ultimately a matter of taste, but I honestly think people that intentionally seek out toned coins and pay premiums for them are outright crazy.&nbsp; I think toning should be avoided, and if it can&#039;t be one should pay <i>less</i> for a toned coin, not more!&nbsp; It&#039;s not pretty; it&#039;s <i>corroded</i>.&nbsp; That&#039;s a problem coin.&nbsp; I think all TPGs if they were fully honest should declare all toned coins corroded (again, that&#039;s what toning really is: corrosion, various chemicals reacting with the coin&#039;s surface that if unchecked will eventually destroy the coin).&nbsp; Would eliminate the mystique and take away the motive to artificially tone coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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