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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2067620, member: 29751"]As a follow-up, let me post a coin here that for most photographers on eBay would come across as having a black reverse. But, the coin is anything but "black" in hand. This coin is also relevant to the discussion of this WLH because it does <i>appear </i>to have some rub on the high areas of her cheeks. But, I happen to know the history of this coin. It was stored in a Wayte Raymond album for years, and what appear as non-toned high areas on the obverse are simply areas where air was not able to circulate due to the thin plastic protector sheet touching the coins surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have very many darkly toned coins, but I do have a couple. I buy and collect what I like, not what others tell me to do. Many could call the reverse of this coin "terminally toned" -- or pretty nearly there. But, I love the coin all the same.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-2/1965_Netherland_Gulden_NGC_MS65_Toned_composite_zpsd6ef4c6b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2067620, member: 29751"]As a follow-up, let me post a coin here that for most photographers on eBay would come across as having a black reverse. But, the coin is anything but "black" in hand. This coin is also relevant to the discussion of this WLH because it does [I]appear [/I]to have some rub on the high areas of her cheeks. But, I happen to know the history of this coin. It was stored in a Wayte Raymond album for years, and what appear as non-toned high areas on the obverse are simply areas where air was not able to circulate due to the thin plastic protector sheet touching the coins surface. I don't have very many darkly toned coins, but I do have a couple. I buy and collect what I like, not what others tell me to do. Many could call the reverse of this coin "terminally toned" -- or pretty nearly there. But, I love the coin all the same. [IMG]http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Photography-2/1965_Netherland_Gulden_NGC_MS65_Toned_composite_zpsd6ef4c6b.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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