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United States
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To me, I just see what appears to be weird marking on the lettering. Reverse 'STATES' looks like it has a lot of stuff going on (too random for die clash?), as does the I in 'AMERICA'. Obverse has a sorta weird mark in the first you of 'UNUM. All this stuff explainable as bag strikes?
Following the post because I want to learn :)
-Jay
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04/03/2013 6:20 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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doesn't look right to me, I'm going to guess its artificially toned.
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United States
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the fields have a fair bit of wear. I am thinking this was a find picked from the wild 50 years ago, and the color (if legit) came from sitting in an album all that time.
Again, following to learn (thx!)
-Jay
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04/03/2013 6:32 pm
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Canada
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United States
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Looking at Liberty's cheek, I'd beet it was a body bag candidate before the AT, just toned to try to hide it.
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United States
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United States
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The good thing about this seller is his photos. You can click on the super zoom and see exactly what's going on. Yeah, it's AU and it's AT, but there's no photo doctoring to hide the facts.
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United States
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I LOVE how you all can say for a fact that toning is purposeful or not. You MIGHT, and I mean MIGHT be able to make an educated guess with coin in hand and perhaps some way to test for chemical traces. Otherwise, it is JUST an opinion, and nothing more.
My opinion, its a wicked nice coin, and had I extra money right now, I would be bidding.
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I'm on the fence with this one. The colors look a little off but I am guessing thats down to the camera and lighting.
The color follows the natural progression that it should, and there is pull away by the date.
It looks like it has been cleaned, and then has retoned. Whether or not its natural or accelerated, I'm not sure.
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100% certain AT. I have "MADE" many of these things in my oven using crushed matchheads and prell shampoo
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United States
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I certainly wasn't claiming I can tell it was purposefully toned. I just don't think it's even an UNC. Yet it's blast white in some areas. Cleaned? How do you hide things on coins? Tone them. Could I be wrong? 100% yes I may be wrong.
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 United States
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Mid-AU and not a chance the toning is original. A circulated coin simply_will_not tone like that; the surfaces aren't capable of supporting that kind of color progression any more having been smoothed by handling.
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Posted 04/03/2013 6:27 pm
