Rainbow toner collectors.......

relicsncoins

What if doctor came up with a method for puting rainbow toning on a coin that was totally indistingishable from natural rainbow toning. Would you quit collecting toners or would it not matter since you could not tell the real thing from the fake.

Remember, this is purily hypothetical and for arguments sake you have to accept that this doctor's toning is completely indistiguishable from authentic bag toning.

Bochiman

Well, if I wasn't paying over face/melt, then it wouldn't matter to me I guess.
However, if a doctor did that, it is likely that the prices for toning would decrease as supply increases as greed would factor in.

gsaguy

If I have a choice between breasts made by the hands of God versus those made by the hands of man, I'll almost always go with the former.

SUMORADA

If I have a choice between breasts made by the hands of God versus those made by the hands of man, I'll almost always go with the former.

So if I'm understanding the question correctly.......

I'll take the naturally toned breasts.......

edited to add........both of them!

Robb

What's the point of a hypothetical when it's already happening?

haysonics

As a complete newbe this is exactly what I have been wondering about recently. I have read a couple of posts where people state that some doctor's AT is so good now that 99% of people can't tell the difference. OK, suppose for a minute that is true, how long has this "advanced" AT been around for do you think ? As far back as 2005 ? Not that far back ?

Marauderrt10

its happened already. I owned a few pieces that were AT and they were all slabbed by PCGS, and all the toning experts thought it was NT

pursuitofliberty

welcome haysonics ... PM sent

a lot longer than the last couple of years ...



To answer the OP's question, I am not a toner collector per se, but if it was perfectly undectable, as per your premise, then I would think the premium for many pieces would drop.

Would I quit buying something with toning ... no ... I would appreciate the coins strike, surfaces, luster ... I would look for natural looking coins ... preferably those with an absolute original look, no matter ... and ones that were eye appealing to me for the grade.

bestclser1

<< <i>its happened already. I owned a few pieces that were AT and they were all slabbed by PCGS, and all the toning experts thought it was NT >>

Not all of them Chris.

gsaguy

<< <i>its happened already. I owned a few pieces that were AT and they were all slabbed by PCGS, and all the toning experts thought it was NT >>



Please post some examples.

BillJones

I admire some rainbow toned coins, but I won't pay the money for them.

The answer is really quite simple. If the perfect rainbow doctoring technique were to be developed, I think people would continue to collect the coins, but given that the supply would increase to as many as could be sold the prices would come down. It's a matter of supply and demand.