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Bedrock of the Community
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Edited by BadThad
10/29/2008 12:04 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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With the grading services cracking down, the "Big 4" would likely say AT.
I could go either way, but the coat looks to be target toned.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Come on peeps....this is a challenge! Take a guess!
Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Pillar of the Community
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I have never seen a cent with toning that looks like this, so I would guess AT.
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Pillar of the Community
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Without the coin in hand, and without reverse pics, I would have to lean towards AT. Any chance of reverse pics?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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The reverse is a light copper color, darker than the obverse.
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Pillar of the Community
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BadThad, I'm between a rock, and a hard place! What is the question? "AT or NT"?
Dick
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Bedrock of the Community
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AT= artificial tone NT= natural tone QT= Midwest chain of convenience store gas stations  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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hm... I used to do this to pennies by putting a shiny new one on top of my lamp. After a few days, the copper plating would go away and it would just be a zinc penny.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Metalman is my HERO!  This is an AT coin by heat! I put this BU coin in an oven for a few minutes on broil. It came out with a rainbow of colors and some target type toning. This is my first time experimenting with an oven. It has made me VERY leary of any toned Lincolns. I think I'll put this in the window sill for a few months to see if it regains any natural look and perhaps conceal the AT a bit. I want to understand what the scammers and coin docs are doing to us collectors.  Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Thad,
I am kind of with you, after experimenting with MS70 and watching my coin that I was going to submit to PCGS turn blue, I am leery on some of my prized blue toned Lincolns. I will try and get some pics up this weekend on the before and after. What sucked with my experiment was I did a test coin and nothing happened to it, it actually looked better. I think I left it on to long and did not rinse it off good. Oh well, I ordered some more BU rolls from my seller and am hoping I get some of the same batch I had before.
PS, thanks for the advise on proofs, my computer and I are not seeing eye to eye right now(I think it hates me) so my emails have been limited.
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Pillar of the Community
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You can achieve the same result on an induction stovetop for 20 seconds. MS70 will make it bluish purple or magenta, depending on the original color of the coin.
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Not all purple and blue or magenta colors are AT . Thad you should have seen some of the dispicable things I have done to coins in pursuit of exactly the information and brain data that you are experimenting with right now . But there are examples of these colors which occur naturally but duplicating the process is more than likely not going to be something that can duplicated .  |
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I'd like see more pictures and experiments. I think this is highly educational for collectors.
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Posted 10/29/2008 11:47 am
