Lee, that's about the prettiest Lexington I recall seeing. Most of them have a dull brown tone from residing in those little wooden boxes.
add me to the NT list.
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As Jason said, looks a lot like old PCI holder toning. But there are so many strange pink-violet tones that I have to call it QC.
The 3 Graces! Nice coins, Kanga.
Pretty wild looking, but I think the progression of colors is accurate, so I vote NT.
I looked at the color chart too, but I couldn't get it to fit, to my mind anyway.
I'm with Physics-Fan on the grades. I asked about axial lighting because it really brings out the colors. Would love to see those in person!
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were those imaged with axial lighting?
I'll say QT on the Peace; that mix of aqua/purple/green does not look natural to me, and the gold area on the obv is so sharply demarcated it...
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I'm just kind of throwing these out there. This one is kind of special as I had a great great great uncle in Armistead's division in Picketts...
I decided to go with a quick look and my gut reaction, so I'll say 1-fake, 2-gen, 3 fake. Let the chips fall where they may!
What a nice group! They all appear to be "original" to me, the first step toward CAC approval. Good luck on the submission.
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Unable to view the photos, but if as the OP describes, definitely a fake.
I agree with AT, weird colors and from what I can tell unnatural progressions.
VF30 looks right. maybe some old cleaning but still enough dirt to make me happy.
Beautiful example. The video really helps appreciate the luster, and the lack of marks which are always a problem with this series that lacks...
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