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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 3199279, member: 92083&quot;]Improperly annealed will be darker and/or have spots sporting a copper-rust color, or could be pink, or grey, or black, or have spots of all those colors, or they can be all one color evenly...but they will all have some degree of Mint luster to them. </p><p><br /></p><p>They get that way because they were heated (i.e. annealed) too long, and the planchets are heated to soften them for striking which also enhances their structure. Seeing that most coins have more copper than other metals, the reactions can be different in terms of colors they turn, and can even only turn colors on one side. Check out this one I own below</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827536[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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