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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tin_Man_0, post: 3448757, member: 100189&quot;]How is my suggestion enviromental/toning damage? I&#039;m suggesting the opposite, I&#039;m saying the dull look is there even pre-mint stage, at the time the rolls of metal are flattend and cut then minted and then the dull look is what later gets the envirommental damage, suggesting that by default pennies could and would have a dull side. BUT My theory, as neat as it sounds, doesn&#039;t fit for two reasons. 1. It would mean that every penny would have both a dull side and and shiny side and 2. planchets for pennies don&#039;t just get cut from rolls of copper anymore, they are electroplated and that changes everything. However, what I&#039;m seeing on the pennies as far as description goes very much looks like the dull side of aluminum foil only it&#039;s a penny instead. </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember mention of a &quot;satin finish&quot; pennies for a certain number of years. I have yet to see what this &quot;satin finish&quot; looks like and PCSG photography, as sharp and detailed it is, fails to demonstrate any difference between a satin finish vs. typical finish. I highly doubt what I&#039;m looking at is such a thing, but could those coins have been an extreme example of what I&#039;m seeing? It&#039;s really hard to capture these &quot;finishes&quot; on camera but I&#039;ll see if I can find the right lighting/angle to demonstrate it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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