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Enough of the argument... AT means "Accelerated Toning"
lsica
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Forum arguments aside... if you drop accidently drop a silver dollar in a vat of chemicals and within a matter of days it takes up a rainbow of colors, the result will inevitably called "AT" by the market and most of the TPG's. Your "intent", or lack of it in this case has nothing to do with the label.
If you purposely put the same coin in a sulfur-laden coin album, store the album in a closet, tell your children to leave it alone and take it out 30 years later, and your result is a coin with a rainbow of colors, the look will be very different, and the market and most of the TPG's will call this coin "NT". The fact you intentionally stored this coin in an environment meant to tone it will have nothing to do with the label.
The difference here is the "acceleration" of the process, intentional or not.
If you purposely put the same coin in a sulfur-laden coin album, store the album in a closet, tell your children to leave it alone and take it out 30 years later, and your result is a coin with a rainbow of colors, the look will be very different, and the market and most of the TPG's will call this coin "NT". The fact you intentionally stored this coin in an environment meant to tone it will have nothing to do with the label.
The difference here is the "acceleration" of the process, intentional or not.
Philately will get you nowhere....
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TorinoCobra71
tones is no longer considered AT?
inquiring minds want to know.
<< <i>ok, so how many months or years have to expire before a coin that
tones is no longer considered AT?
inquiring minds want to know. >>
In my opinion, any coin that was 'white' in the 1980's to early 1990's and newer falls under this classification.
<< <i>If you purposely put the same coin in a sulfur-laden coin album, store the album in a closet, tell your children to leave it alone and take it out 30 years later, and your result is a coin with a rainbow of colors, the look will be very different, and the market and most of the TPG's will call this coin "NT". >>
30 years? Who needs 30 years?
Sure the silver ones aren't toning yet but does that means there needs to be a different definition for clad and silver?
Using dizzy's 80s to 90s delineation, those clad coins would be album-toned AT.
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<< <i>ok, so how many months or years have to expire before a coin that
tones is no longer considered AT?
inquiring minds want to know. >>
In my opinion, any coin that was 'white' in the 1980's to early 1990's and newer falls under this classification. >>
Well, you lost any credibility, imho, with that. Take a SAE and put it in a dansco or envelope, etc, and in a lot of cases, it will tone. Even if the owner didn't mean for it to tone and didn't know it would.
Imho, you can't make AT vs NT into a simple argument. If you do, you miss out on a lot of natural coins or you get into a lot of debates with knuckleheads or think they know something and want everyone to think their way.
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
<< <i>Imho, you can't make AT vs NT into a simple argument. >>
I think we're seeing that simple definitions defy logic.