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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CircCam, post: 3202299, member: 85675&quot;]Last night I had my first real coin disaster moment.&nbsp; The coin&#039;s toning wasn&#039;t terrible- there were some nice hues and original crust there, but it was also very yellow/brown and pretty splotchy.&nbsp; Really subdued luster.&nbsp; I thought I&#039;d give it a very quick dip and see what she looked like under there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, disaster time.&nbsp; George slipped out of my tweezers.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t about to grab it with my fingers even with gloves on, so he stayed in there <i>way</i> longer than I wanted him to.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the toning was destroyed forever.&nbsp; I expected to see an awful, dead coin.&nbsp; What came out was surprisingly attractive:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]829030[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ll usually take original toning over blast white any day of the week, and I don&#039;t think the world needs any more blast white Washington quarters, but I think I got lucky on this particular coin. I&#039;m bummed that I&#039;ll never know what &quot;halfway there&quot; would have looked like, but I&#039;d never have expected this new coin was hiding under there.&nbsp; The difference in eye appeal is night and day.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Disclaimer: Before anyone grabs their torch and pitchfork, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie16" alt=":artist:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I <i>did </i>list this coin on eBay for $10 BIN for some time awhile back to give someone else the opportunity to take it as it was.&nbsp; No one did.&nbsp; I&#039;ll definitely be buying new tweezers with grippier rubber.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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