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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8511048, member: 24314&quot;]No Brainer!&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #ff00ff">A</span><span style="color: #8000ff">T</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>2 Reasons:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Natural and artificial toning on a coin can always be removed.&nbsp; I usually advise not to because a toned coin will have more buyers interested.&nbsp; Those who like toned coins and those who cannot wait to dip it!&nbsp; <b><i><span style="color: #ff0000">The other reason is even the best numismatists in the world cannot tell the difference 100% of the time. </span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Nature does all sorts of tings to metal.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen intense colors I cannot even identify in all shades of the rainbow except <span style="color: #ff8000">orange</span> in cobweb covered buckets of silver bars and rounds that toned over time (length?) that no one could possibly believe is natural. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also seen a top-of-his-field chemist beautifully tone several coins not to mention all the dealers who know some tricks. Remember, for a while, many &quot;new&quot; fraudulent toning types have be considered natural by the TPGS in the past as natural.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaning is different.&nbsp; It is or it is not and that is much easier to determine.&nbsp; <b><i><span style="color: #ff0000">However, as is the case for AT, in todays world, you must know when the weasels in charge of the coin market either cannot tell or choose to ignore it! </span></i></b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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