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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 487772, member: 112&quot;]Fair enough. Oddly though, it is those same things that make me think the toning is 100% natural.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this coin is one of those perfect examples where nobody can say for sure if it is AT or NT. Why ? Because it shares characteristics of both. Those spots for example, yes they can be indicators of ATing. But in my days of collecting Mint Sets and Proof Sets I saw a great many, original sets, with very, very similar spotting. Some of those that I had owned for years even developed similar spots when the coins did not have them when I bought them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, look at the color and how the luster shines through. That looks 100% genuine to me. The color is obviously integral with the metal. Even in the second set of pictures the luster shines through the toning just like is supposed to. Where the toning is heaviest the luster is more subdued, where the toning is lighter the luster shines through along with the color. And there are no sharp lines of definitive change, everything blends - again just like it is supposed to. </p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, this coin has the natural look to me. Even the color progression is correct. It appears that the toning took a very long time to occur, and that the coin was left in its environment untouched with no effort to stop the toning, just like so many are when the owner gets old or passes and his heirs leave the collection untouched for years. I would have loved to have seen this coin 10 or 15 years ago. The color would be much more prevalent.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is all just my opinion, and my opinion is no more valid than anybody else&#039;s. But if this coin is the work of a coin doctor, they were very, very good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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