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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 923704, member: 26030&quot;]i&#039;ve been looking around for a nice looking half cent and i saw this on ebay </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=160436897887&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=160436897887&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=160436897887&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT</a></p><p><br /></p><p>my guess is this coin is artificially toned (right?) those colors are just too electric.</p><p><br /></p><p>question: why would someone artifically tone a 180 year old US coin?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>since this coin is not third party graded ... do you think the odds are high that this coin is either:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. fake or </p><p>2. cleaned and ungradable and the toning was done to hide the cleaning</p><p><br /></p><p>thanks for your opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://mindstar.com/HC_1833.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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