It is a 2002 SAE, they were stored in envelopes. The toning is real, no light tricks. The funny thing is only half the coin toned, what ever side was on the bottom. If the face of the coin was down it got the line in it. If the reverse was down, the whole reverse toned.
It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!
That type of toning on a one year old coin doesn't appeal to me (just my personal taste). In my opinion it's evidence of mishandling.
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That type of toning on a one year old coin doesn't appeal to me (just my personal taste). In my opinion it's evidence of mishandling.