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  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    I don't know my toning, but I think it looks messed with. (I could be wrong, and I am sure others will let us know.)

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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,390 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Far too splotchy... looks like chemicals were poured on it, then possibly heated.
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,698 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hard to tell from the photo. It could be real but that type of blue can result from the coin being soaked in an ammonia solution.
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  • BubbleheadBubblehead Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭
    I have several '76's that look just like that. They were in a plastic tube, since 76, too.
  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    The coin:

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    I have seen NT that doesn't look that different, so I'll say maybe. I kind of like itimage
  • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    Here's one with similiar toning but it is a 1942 proof NGC MS63. mike
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    • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,834 ✭✭✭✭✭
      I've seen them with red and blue like the 1942 Proof that is pictured above, but I don't recall seeing one combined with the brown color that is on the 1925-S cent. Yes the color is "manufactured," but don't be surprised if you see more of it. The demand for toned coins has gone nuts, and a lot of coins that once were decent pieces are going to be ruined because of it. image
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    • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭
      What does it matter how it toned, as long as an acetone dip doesnt remove it, I see no problem!
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    • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
      Is this one artificial toning?

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    • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
      Artificially toned, IMHO...I have a roll of R&B UNC 1935-S 1C. I guess I'll put them in the oven @ about 325 degrees for awhile; then I'll have 50 just like this one to sell on EBAY.
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    • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
      AT for sure.
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    • uofa1285uofa1285 Posts: 2,252 ✭✭
      AT and fugly...

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    • pierrepierre Posts: 53 ✭
      No Question its AT.....................................imageimageimage...........pierre
    • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
      Probably AT but I think it's nice.
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    • wallstreetmanwallstreetman Posts: 2,938 ✭
      You can fool man but you can't fool God! He knows why you do what you do!
    • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
      To me that coin looks like a lightly circulated piece that has been cleaned and artificially toned
    • eagle7eagle7 Posts: 1,441
      I think the second to last sentence in the item description says it all. "If this coin was certified it would sell for all the money!" This is a quote from the seller. However it is an accurate description of the toned coin market today, at least in the mind of newbie's and snake oil salesmen. image
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    • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
      I have seen them similar - but not as vibrant on coins that were cleaned long ago


      result similar - bodybag for cleaning or questionable color
    • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
      it was heatedup over a candle - definitely a-t.

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