How Common Is Toning On '50s Lincoln Cents?

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bwbollom Valued Member United States 293 Posts	Posted 10/01/2009 2:58 pm I was digging through my box of coins collected when I was younger today (looking for something completely different) and ran across two 1954 pennies that have some really nice looking toning. I was wondering if this is really common or something more of a rare occurrence. I'm not great at photographing coins (I tried to just scan them and the looked like plain pennies), but here's my feeble attempt to show what I have on the better looking of the two: It's more evident on the obverse, especially behind Lincoln, but is there on the reverse as well. Shines like a copper rainbow in the light! Sorry for the poor photos. Thanks for looking! Edited by bwbollom 10/01/2009 2:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff

m9frank Pillar of the Community United States 628 Posts	Posted 10/01/2009 4:16 pm I find them occasionally roll searching. Anecdotally they are not very common. Scientifically I don't know. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/01/2009 4:36 pm To me it looks like an old cleaning or it was in a folder for a long time and it caused it to tone around the rim. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
bwbollom Valued Member United States 293 Posts	Posted 10/01/2009 4:53 pm m9frank: Thanks for the info! I'm not much of a penny collector, just had them in a flip and thought they were unlike most others I'd seen. John1: Thanks also! Probably something like that. They've been in those flips since I got them in the 80s, but who knows what was done to/happened to them from the 50s to the 80s. Report this Post to the Staff
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