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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1597893, member: 2972&quot;]Sometimes the stain will have been a dark black area, and a coin is dipped to remove it.&nbsp; It gets rid of most of the black area, but leaves behind a darker area of stain.&nbsp; Or it could just be a stain or some grease or even just some light clouding.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Consider this: Is the luster strong under the dark area?&nbsp; Does it cartwheel uninterrupted, is it slightly dulled, or has it disappeared entirely?&nbsp; That&#039;s a key question, IMO, in understanding what you have in your hands.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Frankly, I have a tough time believing any silver from 1940 doesn&#039;t have some toning, and I see virtually nothing on your coin outside that area on the obverse.&nbsp; That has me scratching my head a bit, thinking it has been dipped at some point -- but of course it could be the photo.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s clearly a nice clean coin, not many hits at all, and if the luster is all you say it is, I&#039;d think it will be at least a 64 and likely higher. If the luster has been fried from overdipping, it could come back in a problem holder for something like &quot;altered surfaces&quot; or &quot;cleaned&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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