Hello again Contalk, So I have this Liberty Nickel I picked up for cheap a while back. I'm curious what you think is going on with the toning on the reverse. I have a theory, but I'm interested in hearing your thoughts. Thanks!
My guess is it was stuck on something. Toning usually follows a pattern on both sides. When one is completely covered, and the other has such a difference, there has to be a reason. Some kind of substance was on the middle of the reverse either to hold it in an album or other item, or ther may have been some other inadvertant substance on there which was popped off.
My guess is something was stuck to the reverse. I've removed gummy substances on toned coins and that's how they turn out after it's removed.
I'm thinking it was "glued" into a peice of jewelry and later carefully extracted and the glue removed.
Okay, that's not what I was thinking, but your theories about being stuck to something make much more sense...haha.
