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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 100141, member: 112&quot;]Fair enough, on the obverse, full coin pic, look at the area between the I and T in LIBERTY. See how rough that looks when compared to the rest of the coin. The fields and the rim are pitted if you look closely. The blowup of the obverse cuts most of this area off, but it is visible on the full pic.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse, full pic, the same problem is there from 9 to 3 o&#039;clock. And again around PEACE. Now look at the blow up of the reverse, look in particular at UNITED, UNUM and the M &amp; R in AMERICA. All of these letters show pitts which typically only results from corrosion. And the fields around the legend are quite rough as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now for the rest, look at the full pics of both obv &amp; rev. Notice how the color is almost completely uniform - not only in shade of color but in depth of color as well. That very rarely happens with natural toning - I mean almost never. </p><p><br /></p><p>So it is my guess that whatever it was that caused the corrosion (probably PVC) was cleaned off and the coin artificially retoned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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