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<p>[QUOTE="Glenn5691, post: 1441737, member: 37413"]Lehigh,</p><p><br /></p><p>Excellent post you gave and it explains a lot about the logic that they use and of course they have to look out for people artificially toning a coin. The last couple months I have been studying pictures of slabbed toned coins and every type of coin tones differently. Your example uses the nickel as a reference but I have seen many quarters look like my example but have not seen a Franklin like mine as all seem to look splotchy. Mine is a freak of nature admittedly and have not seen a specimen like it but I have seen some that come close as in the colors. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would love to pick your brain at some point and share with you pictures of coins I have if you are open to that? I'm still a newbie at this but it really breaks my heart thinking that many treasures my grandmother left me will be deemed AT because their colors may not perfectly match their <u>expected</u> pattern. In all this has just fueled a fire inside of me to learn more about this subject and thanks to people like you it will make all of us wiser.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Glenn5691, post: 1441737, member: 37413"]Lehigh, Excellent post you gave and it explains a lot about the logic that they use and of course they have to look out for people artificially toning a coin. The last couple months I have been studying pictures of slabbed toned coins and every type of coin tones differently. Your example uses the nickel as a reference but I have seen many quarters look like my example but have not seen a Franklin like mine as all seem to look splotchy. Mine is a freak of nature admittedly and have not seen a specimen like it but I have seen some that come close as in the colors. I would love to pick your brain at some point and share with you pictures of coins I have if you are open to that? I'm still a newbie at this but it really breaks my heart thinking that many treasures my grandmother left me will be deemed AT because their colors may not perfectly match their [U]expected[/U] pattern. In all this has just fueled a fire inside of me to learn more about this subject and thanks to people like you it will make all of us wiser. Thanks[/QUOTE]
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