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About those blue-toned Lincolns

I've found a bunch of them in with some loose coins that came to me as part of the Syracuse Hoard, and I really like their appearance.

For the chemists and metallurgists out there: What chemical process causes an otherwise ordinarily browning wheat cent to take on those fabulous blue-on-brown hues?

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"Coin collecting problem"? What "coin collecting problem"?

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