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Am I Alone In Thinking This Coin Is Artificial Toning - 1854 Seated Liberty Dollar

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This does not look like natural toning to me. Thoughts?

https://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dol...Lots-101116#
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Probably not alone, but looks natural to me.
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It looks accidentally toned to me - an AT coin doctor would probably have done a better job on a coin of that caliber
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IMO something this would fall under the questionable color label.


It doesn't look like it was intended to deceive someone, but was probably left in undesirable conditions.

UNC details imo
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I like it
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The coin does not look natural, but I would not put the AT tag on the coin. I like toned coins, but I would pass on the OP coin.
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From the images, I don't care for this one, and I would imagine that cac didn't care for it either (although that may have more to do with actual grade than color).
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It looks like the lighting is exaggerating the color. Not that attractive, but it might be natural, caused by some environmental conditions.
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It's important to take a look at the second set of pictures with the coin in the slab. I never look at the Heritage juiced-up pics that appear first. I've always felt that the second set of pics in the slaps are a more accurate representation of what the coin will look like in-hand.
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It's natural, but very far gone.
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I'll go NT on this one.
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I was thinking "Questionable" until I looked at the slab images. I think MikeF is probably right and the colors are exagerated in the coin only pictures.
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