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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1854065, member: 112&quot;]The comments regarding certain colors being normal or commonly found on coins, while true in general, do not mean that other colors cannot or are not found on naturally toned coins. Anything that man can do to AT a coin, mother nature has already done. </p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;m saying is that just because certain colors appear on a coin and those colors are not normally seen on coins of that type, that does not mean the coin is AT. And this is true of all colors on any coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now not everybody agrees with that and many will say that a coin is AT because they have never seen those particular colors on a particular coin. But the only thing that proves is that they have never seen it before, it does not prove that such coins do not exist on a particular NT coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>People tend to forget that there was a first time that they saw any color on any coin. But that didn&#039;t make them believe that the coin was AT because they had never seen one before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can even experienced people, very experienced people, see strange or unusual colors or color combinations on a given coin ? &#039;Course they can. There is absolutely no doubt that some colors or combinations are rarely if ever seen on a given coin. But never underestimate the power of mother nature. Colors on coins are caused, by nature and by man, by certain chemicals either in the air or by direct contact coming into contact with a coin. And any chemical that man has access to, mother nature has had access to it for far longer.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you are trying to use your judgement and experience to determine if a coin is AT or NT, there are other things to base that judgement on besides how unusual it is to see certain colors on certain coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;m saying is don&#039;t let the fact that you haven&#039;t seen something before skew your judgement. There&#039;s lots and lots of things you&#039;ve never seen before.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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