@ricko said: It reminds me that coin doctors are making a fortune off this tarnish fad. Cheers, RickO
It is one thing to prefer brilliant coins over toned coins, but to use the term "fad" is just slightly over the top. Collectors have been drawn to toning for more than your lifetime, it is only the circumstances of the past two-plus decades which make it seem unusual.
To the coin doctor angle, they have been "going white" for the better part of two centuries. In actuality, the desire to have brilliant, tone free coins has probably ruined more of them than the quest for toning. Both of those ends hurt us all.
@Maywood... You obviously have no idea of my age... However, you are correct about the past fascination with bright white coins - and they too were 'doctored'. I like brilliant mint fresh coins, not over dipped, polished coins. I also will praise tarnished coins if they have good detail and present well. Cheers, RickO
@ricko said: @Maywood... You obviously have no idea of my age... RickO
perhaps not the exact age, but I feel confident in presuming you are not quite yet an octogenarian!! I also feel confident in presuming that many of the nicest toned coins have been left alone since before the turn of the Century, that's the turn from 1899-1900.
@Maywood... Your presumptions are assumptions, the first incorrect and the second only partially - and the population is highly diluted by AT. Cheers, RickO
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It reminds me that coin doctors are making a fortune off this tarnish fad. Cheers, RickO
It reminds me that P.T. Barnum was right!
Not good, pass
@ricko said: It reminds me that coin doctors are making a fortune off this tarnish fad. Cheers, RickO
It is one thing to prefer brilliant coins over toned coins, but to use the term "fad" is just slightly over the top. Collectors have been drawn to toning for more than your lifetime, it is only the circumstances of the past two-plus decades which make it seem unusual.
To the coin doctor angle, they have been "going white" for the better part of two centuries. In actuality, the desire to have brilliant, tone free coins has probably ruined more of them than the quest for toning. Both of those ends hurt us all.
@Maywood... You obviously have no idea of my age...
However, you are correct about the past fascination with bright white coins - and they too were 'doctored'. I like brilliant mint fresh coins, not over dipped, polished coins. I also will praise tarnished coins if they have good detail and present well. Cheers, RickO
@ricko said: @Maywood... You obviously have no idea of my age... RickO
perhaps not the exact age, but I feel confident in presuming you are not quite yet an octogenarian!!
I also feel confident in presuming that many of the nicest toned coins have been left alone since before the turn of the Century, that's the turn from 1899-1900.
@Maywood.... You have presumed incorrectly!! Cheers, RickO
then you are an octogenarian and my point is still valid.
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@Maywood... Your presumptions are assumptions, the first incorrect and the second only partially - and the population is highly diluted by AT. Cheers, RickO