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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2732834, member: 71723&quot;]&quot;What we have here, is a failure to communicate.&quot; Toning and tarnish are the same process, period. As &quot;Valp&quot; said, one is <b><i>considered </i></b>beneficial, and one is <b><i>considered </i></b>detrimental. The fundamental truth exposed by this conundrum is that what is <b><i>considered </i></b>makes no logical sense. That&#039;s QED for me, right there.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are factually incorrect that a tarnished coin can&#039;t be &quot;mint state&quot; - because they are graded that way every day. Coins with <b><i>wear</i></b> can&#039;t be &quot;mint state&quot;, but tarnish is <b><i>not </i></b>such a disqualifier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line? Coin people can consider anything they want to be whatever they want. That doesn&#039;t mean it makes any sense or that I have to play along - &#039;cuz I don&#039;t. To me, &quot;toning&quot; chasing is a fad that will someday go away, and I can scarcely wait for that day to come.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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