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<p>[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 1238773, member: 3726"]I won't say for sure, but there are others with much more knowledge than me - but it looks like a guess a times. No way to know for sure if the toning is natural. Too me the toning floats on the luster - how I heard it described once. I know on high grade buffalo's I like a slight purple-ish color in the luster, or a light golden color.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the Kennedy you have shown it lost like something got on the surface to cause the look. I know finding change in a gas station parking lot you get a lot of weird looking colors from the various denominations - yes I am one that will walk around and pick up change. Including pennies - yes I said it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Too me sometimes it is easy to tell artifical toning since it looks like it is baked or burnt on the surface of the coin. Just my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 1238773, member: 3726"]I won't say for sure, but there are others with much more knowledge than me - but it looks like a guess a times. No way to know for sure if the toning is natural. Too me the toning floats on the luster - how I heard it described once. I know on high grade buffalo's I like a slight purple-ish color in the luster, or a light golden color. For the Kennedy you have shown it lost like something got on the surface to cause the look. I know finding change in a gas station parking lot you get a lot of weird looking colors from the various denominations - yes I am one that will walk around and pick up change. Including pennies - yes I said it. :) Too me sometimes it is easy to tell artifical toning since it looks like it is baked or burnt on the surface of the coin. Just my opinion.[/QUOTE]
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