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<p>[QUOTE="David Setree Rare Coins, post: 2996819, member: 74719"]Even with the horrible out of focus pictures the coins can be seen as having been harshly cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Red coins are prized for having survived without having toned. That seldom happens because copper is so unstable in it's metallic form and wants to oxidize. That is also why they are worth so much more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Setree Rare Coins, post: 2996819, member: 74719"]Even with the horrible out of focus pictures the coins can be seen as having been harshly cleaned. Red coins are prized for having survived without having toned. That seldom happens because copper is so unstable in it's metallic form and wants to oxidize. That is also why they are worth so much more.[/QUOTE]
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