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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 4831342, member: 15309"]It's not that all the coins were AT, it was that whomever assembled this collection obviously didn't know the difference between NT and AT and they purchased many, many AT coins. Considering how many have a similar look, it is likely that he purchased most of his AT coins from the same source. </p><p><br /></p><p>That doesn't mean definitively that he purchased the 1957 from the seller of the more obvious AT coins, or that the 1957 is even AT/QT. MY problem with the coin is the blue color on the reverse which I personally have never seen on a naturally toned Jefferson. My photo makes it look more acceptable than it really is. In hand, the reverse makes the toning look very questionable. The only other coin I have dominated by that blue color is 49-D that is most definitely AT. Maybe I can dig it out and take some photos of it later.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you got some really nice war nickels that came from a capital plastics collection which imparts a rather unique color scheme.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 4831342, member: 15309"]It's not that all the coins were AT, it was that whomever assembled this collection obviously didn't know the difference between NT and AT and they purchased many, many AT coins. Considering how many have a similar look, it is likely that he purchased most of his AT coins from the same source. That doesn't mean definitively that he purchased the 1957 from the seller of the more obvious AT coins, or that the 1957 is even AT/QT. MY problem with the coin is the blue color on the reverse which I personally have never seen on a naturally toned Jefferson. My photo makes it look more acceptable than it really is. In hand, the reverse makes the toning look very questionable. The only other coin I have dominated by that blue color is 49-D that is most definitely AT. Maybe I can dig it out and take some photos of it later. And you got some really nice war nickels that came from a capital plastics collection which imparts a rather unique color scheme.[/QUOTE]
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