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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2457264, member: 24314&quot;]You have a nice looking coin; yet IMO, it is not original.&nbsp; Perhaps I&#039;m being too critical so I hope you will play &quot;teacher&quot; and educate me ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; I see three shades (change of color).&nbsp; The color in the left field</p><p>is light and darkens as it reaches the relief.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been taught that this characteristic is called the &quot;halo&quot; effect virtually always an indication of cleaning (light buffing in my post).</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; How should I describe the surface under &quot;one&quot; and under &quot;cents&quot; that is lighter in color with &quot;silver-looking&quot; horizontal hairlines.&nbsp; I was taught to call that 100% evidence of an unoriginal surface - usually due to improper cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my experience, a great photo can show things on a coin that are not easily seen in hand UNLESS the examiner knows the proper way to view a coin.&nbsp; Why not take your coin into a dark room; turn on an incandescent light; then TIP the coin back and forth while rotating it at the same time.&nbsp; Try it first w/o magnification.&nbsp; Then, if you feel like it - tell me what I am seeing.&nbsp; Thanks ahead of time![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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