Dipped Lincoln Proof?

Given the seller involved I would say carbon spots combined with a Photoshopped / lighting altered image.

I did buy one coin from them even after I knew about their reputation but only because it was slabbed.

Probably not, just typical of that seller's oversaturated photography. It is kinda reminiscent of the stomach-turning orange you get when copper meets thiourea, though.

Yea good info all around.

I have purchased maybe 4-6 items off this dealer on ebay. Not worried as I only bought low cost items that looked great (mercs for 4 - 6 bucks, walkers for 18 - 25).

Will have to pull some of them out and see if they look as nice as they did when I received them.

This seller was selling his items at 99 cent start price with free shipping until 2-4 weeks ago. Now they are all 9.95 to start.

Back at 99 cents, you could bid a nice FSB Mercury dime up to the 4 - 6 dollar range early in its listing and then it wouldn't be found by as many people and you would get it for maybe 6 - 7 bucks. Now at 9.95 many aren't bid at all till the last minute.

Nothing special, but I was happy with my coins and this seller.

Not knowledgeable enough to know if these are cleaned / dipped, but I am sure I will figure it out if I hang out here more.

Looks fine, it's their crappy, manipulated pictures that suck. This seller has been discussed many times on this forum.