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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1090142, member: 15309&quot;]First and foremost, I collect coins with exceptional eye appeal.&nbsp; However, that does not mean that toning is everything.&nbsp; What you are saying was once true, but based mostly on your advice on the subject, I have learned not to ingore the other aspects of coin grading simply because a coin has pretty toning.&nbsp; And I thank you because I have become a more more discerning collector as a result of your advice.&nbsp; Having said that, I will still pay strong money for attractively toned coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would say that this is correct and that it doesn&#039;t matter.&nbsp; However, I firmly believe that there are only a handful of people who have the skill to create AT coins that are 100% indistinguishable from the one that took decades.&nbsp; Most coin doctor creations will fall in between the obvious AT and wholly original.&nbsp; It is in this grey area of questionable toning that &quot;market acceptability&quot; reigns supreme.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am a little different from most collectors.&nbsp; I have what are widely considered to be AT coins in my collection and I celebrate their eye appeal just as I do those that are believed to be NT.&nbsp; IMO, it doesn&#039;t really matter if you can&#039;t tell.&nbsp; Unfortunately, I am forced to care about the originality of toning for financial reasons.&nbsp; If and when I sell my coins, the price realized will be heavily affected by the perceived originality of my toned coins.&nbsp; For that reason, avoinding coins with toning that is not market acceptable is important to me.&nbsp; Now if I own a coin that has toning that is market acceptable and is the creation of a coin doctor, I say &quot;ignorane is bliss.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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