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What I meant was most in this series are over-dipped and white or over-dipped and toned. The few examples in MS67 and higher have heavily damaged luster. When 98% of the examples in an entire series … (View Post)

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Artificial toning is the patina caused by short term exposure to materials and conditions known to be inappropriate in the long term storage of coins. Please define "short term". Please def… (View Post)

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They would still have microscopic flow lines and would still exhibit luster. I actually have a good example of an early blast white coin with excellent luster although it has a different look than mo… (View Post)