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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1092959, member: 15309&quot;]Perhaps you need to visit your eye doctor.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I absolutely did not avoid answering your question.&nbsp; The following sentence is a quote directly from me in post #83</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I did not claim that the proof set was improperly stored or AT.&nbsp; I stated that improper storage could explain why the TPG found the toning of that Proof set coin questionable.&nbsp; Silver Dollars were stored in canvas bags as a routine procedure of commerce in the United States.&nbsp; For those coins that spent decades in those bags, the coins touching the canvas often developed dramatic rainbow toning.&nbsp; The storage method is known to everyone, and the patterns and color schemes are identifiable.&nbsp; Coins have been stored in coin albums as an accepted method of storage since the first coin album was produced.&nbsp; Again, the storage method is known to everyone, and the patterns and color schemes are identifiable.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As you have pointed out, coin doctors are capable of reproducing both bag toning and album toning&nbsp; Therefore, we can&#039;t declare these coins that exhibit identifiable toning patterns NT.&nbsp; What the TPG&#039;s and I do is declare them to have &quot;market acceptable&quot; toning.&nbsp; Based on the look of the coin that exhibits identifiable color schemes and toning patterns, the TPG&#039;s decide that the toning is most likely the result of an accepted storage method and is therefore most likely NT.&nbsp; In the case of your proof set coin example, my guess is that it did not display a color scheme and toning pattern that the TPG&#039;s recognized to be the result of a proper storage method and deemed the coin a problem coin.&nbsp; Would it make you happy if they stopped calling coins AT and started using the terminology &quot;improper storage&quot;.&nbsp; I know how sensitive you are about the proper use of terminology.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see Doug, there are a percentage of coins that we have such a high confidence level about the origin of the toning that we simply label them NT or AT.&nbsp; It is technically incorrect to do so since we don&#039;t know 100% that they are NT or AT, but that really only bothers you.&nbsp; For everything in between what we label as NT and AT, we make a decision about the market acceptability of the toning based on known patterns and color schemes that are created from accepted storage methods as well as accepted indicators of NT &amp; AT.</p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, I agree with you about intent.&nbsp; But nobody can prove intent, therefore it can&#039;t be used as the criteria to evaluate toning, no matter how much you want it to.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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