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<p>[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 4173671, member: 77814"]if newly minted cents were put into an album and stored away from all human contact they all would tone *similarly* .. but probably not exactly a like.</p><p><br /></p><p>When coins are put into circulation you simply do not now what has happened to them. One cent could have accidentally been dropped in a sewer, and them at some point picked up by a sewer guy. Then could have been thrown into an old fungus ridden wishing well, then cleaned out and end up circulating through the money supply for a while. Could have fallen to the floor in a public bathroom and gotten icky. Could have been cleaned by a variety of means during it's way through circulation, placed in a cup holder where it was subjected to years worth of soda pop acid ... and more than once. Could have been subjected as a high school chemistry experiment to change its color with certain chemicals. Who knows, right ?</p><p><br /></p><p>and who knows, kinda looks plated. it could have been done in a high school experiment a long time ago, or even bought like that ... they still do it too.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074680[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 4173671, member: 77814"]if newly minted cents were put into an album and stored away from all human contact they all would tone *similarly* .. but probably not exactly a like. When coins are put into circulation you simply do not now what has happened to them. One cent could have accidentally been dropped in a sewer, and them at some point picked up by a sewer guy. Then could have been thrown into an old fungus ridden wishing well, then cleaned out and end up circulating through the money supply for a while. Could have fallen to the floor in a public bathroom and gotten icky. Could have been cleaned by a variety of means during it's way through circulation, placed in a cup holder where it was subjected to years worth of soda pop acid ... and more than once. Could have been subjected as a high school chemistry experiment to change its color with certain chemicals. Who knows, right ? and who knows, kinda looks plated. it could have been done in a high school experiment a long time ago, or even bought like that ... they still do it too. [ATTACH=full]1074680[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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