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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Sorry, it looks like it was artificially toned by heating on a stove.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I wasn't really expecting it to be natural. Basic rules of copper: THEY DONT HAVE THE SAME TONING AS SILVERS!!
You just CANT have turquoise or purple coppers that haven't been tampered with. At very minimum, it's REALLY unlikely that you would.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yeah - I wouldn't touch that.
Looks like the artificial toning is covering up a cleaning.
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Moderator
 United States
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where is this rumored "URL" button If you "switch to full reply", the 5th button from the right looks like a globe with a couple links of chain. Is that what you are asking? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1609 Posts |
That's weird... it wasn't working last time I tried. It works now, thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8516 Posts |
That's what I call a ten foot pole coin.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Color is so wrong. No thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4211 Posts |
Not natural for sure.....
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Moderator
United States
54280 Posts |
To me, personally, artificially toned coins are not pretty - they are ruined.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Also, when posting links, where is this rumored "URL" button? Unfortunately, it does not appear anywhere on my screen. It depends on how you are replying to the thread. If you are clicking the reply to topic link at the top of the screen you will see a group of buttons labeled Format. The one with a globe and to chain links on in is the one you want. (It is between the HR and the email buttons.) It will give you the URL HTML tags and you put your link between them. Down If you are replying at the bottom of the page with the quick reply box, below the box you will see a button marked "switch to full reply". Click that and it will take you to the same reply screen as the "reply to topic" link at the top of the thread. For URL links though you don't have to use the URL tags. If you just put the url address into the reply the forum software will automatically make it a hyperlink. Edited by Conder101
11/23/2016 09:34 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wasn't really expecting it to be natural. Basic rules of copper: THEY DONT HAVE THE SAME TONING AS SILVERS!!
You just CANT have turquoise or purple coppers that haven't been tampered with. At very minimum, it's REALLY unlikely that you would. Basic rules of copper: THE SURFACES SHOULD NOT BE GLOSSY AND COLORFUL WHEN THE COIN IS IN A VF GRADE. Glossy is bad (with the exception of pre-1839 large cents), and the color should be brown for all circulated grades less than AU (and brown in most cases of AU). Seeing how the surfaces are glossy AND colorful AND the coin is a VF grade, I can only assume that the surfaces are not natural (aka cleaned). Stick around the grading forum; you will start to learn how to grade accurately and how to detect natural/unnatural surfaces. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Heavy acetone soak causes these colours
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That coin has been cleaned(most likely dipped in commercial coin cleaner) and retoned, acetone had absolutely nothing to do with it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I recently had a problem with this seller . stay clear .
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Posted 11/22/2016 8:21 pm
