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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3183442, member: 77814&quot;]searched ..</p><p>thread:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2017-d-new-jersey-ellis-island-improper-annealing.307775/#post-2941734" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2017-d-new-jersey-ellis-island-improper-annealing.307775/#post-2941734">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2017-d-new-jersey-ellis-island-improper-annealing.307775/#post-2941734</a></p><p>post:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2017-d-new-jersey-ellis-island-improper-annealing.307775/#post-2941734" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2017-d-new-jersey-ellis-island-improper-annealing.307775/#post-2941734">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2017-d-new-jersey-ellis-island-improper-annealing.307775/#post-2941734</a></p><p><br /></p><p>copied text:</p><p>I could immediately tell it was a</p><p>genuine mis-annealed planchet because:</p><p><br /></p><p>Every single &#039;mis-annealed&#039; coin that someone</p><p>has shown me at a coin show, or in an email, that</p><p>turns out to be environmentally damaged or played with,</p><p>has a darker duller surface than it should have, AND</p><p>every single non-error has the same dark color</p><p>on the&nbsp; reeded EDGE of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>See the edge photo (#3) - it looks like a normal</p><p>BU Quarter - the copper core shows a nice normal</p><p>red color - that&#039;s because although the planchet</p><p>itself&nbsp; (on a genuine mis-annealed planchet)</p><p>would have the dark color on the smooth edge,</p><p>once it&#039;s struck in the collar, and ejected, that</p><p>dark color is removed from the reeding due to</p><p>the ejection of the now-coin from the collar.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I could also tell it&#039;s real from the surfaces themselves, -</p><p>although mis-annealing leaves a range of &#039;darknesss&#039;,</p><p>seeing the reeding as a normal red copper color is one</p><p>of the keys to know it hasn&#039;t been played with)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps - it&#039;s a good authentication point</p><p>to check, if you&#039;re not sure of a &#039;darker&#039; color coin</p><p>is truly mis-annealed/improperly annealed, or has</p><p>been played with after the coin was in circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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