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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nightowl, post: 727670, member: 18614&quot;]<b>It&#039;s here...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin arrived this morning, and yes, it&#039;s been cleaned in the past, but I think we all knew that&#039;s not the natural color of a 175 yr old copper coin. There is much mint luster present, and the rusted die is correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, it&#039;s not been abrasively cleaned, has remnants of red in protected areas, and given what I paid for it, I am going to keep it as a decent example of a matron head LC. I don&#039;t have a lot of time to mess with pictures right now, but I took these real quick in flourescent lighting. The coin still appears a little more &quot;brassy&quot; than it appears in hand. I&#039;ll take better pics later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Conder is a psychic...the damage to the center of the reverse looks intentionally inflicted, and that&#039;s unfortunate. It&#039;ll never see a slab. I have removed it from the airtite and&nbsp; placed it in an old paper envelope for now. That should help the freakish color some.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nightowl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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