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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2511003, member: 19165"]I'm late to the party, but I was trying to decide if it was AU-58 or MS-63. I eventually decided I was on the side of 63, but the photos are not showing it well. </p><p><br /></p><p>The breaks in the toning that you see are due to the way it was stored. I would guess that this coin was stored in an envelope or folder, where the high points were in contact with the paper. These didn't tone, but the rest of the coin did. I see this fairly often, and it is very difficult to determine MS/AU from pictures with this type of toning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2511003, member: 19165"]I'm late to the party, but I was trying to decide if it was AU-58 or MS-63. I eventually decided I was on the side of 63, but the photos are not showing it well. The breaks in the toning that you see are due to the way it was stored. I would guess that this coin was stored in an envelope or folder, where the high points were in contact with the paper. These didn't tone, but the rest of the coin did. I see this fairly often, and it is very difficult to determine MS/AU from pictures with this type of toning.[/QUOTE]
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