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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 487495, member: 13650"]Here's a PCGS article from 2000. Mainly the middle of the article to the end focuses on AT. They seem to have a good understanding of it but admit that some AT coins do get through.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article2316.chtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article2316.chtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article2316.chtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p> [FONT=arial,helvetica]<font size="2">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<font size="2">[FONT=arial,helvetica]<font size="2">" <b>Chemicals, such as sulfur compounds, often result in "crayon" colors as opposed to more natural-looking greens, blues, reds, and yellows. Also, these "artificial" colors often do not blend as evenly as do original colors. When the colors are splotchy or uneven, there is a good chance Mother Nature did not cause them. Regardless of the process used, when the colors "float," have unusual lines, and are uneven, the coin is probably artificially enhanced.</b>"</font>[/FONT]</font>[/FONT]</font>[/FONT][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 487495, member: 13650"]Here's a PCGS article from 2000. Mainly the middle of the article to the end focuses on AT. They seem to have a good understanding of it but admit that some AT coins do get through. [URL]http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article2316.chtml[/URL] [FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=2][FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=2][FONT=arial,helvetica][SIZE=2]" [B]Chemicals, such as sulfur compounds, often result in "crayon" colors as opposed to more natural-looking greens, blues, reds, and yellows. Also, these "artificial" colors often do not blend as evenly as do original colors. When the colors are splotchy or uneven, there is a good chance Mother Nature did not cause them. Regardless of the process used, when the colors "float," have unusual lines, and are uneven, the coin is probably artificially enhanced.[/B]"[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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