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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2440208, member: 112&quot;]I readily agree the coin has been polished. I also agree that Buffs, especially polished Buffs, don&#039;t re-tone - any color - toning requires luster be present, and polishing removes any luster.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I do not think the coin has been plated, but I can&#039;t categorically say it hasn&#039;t been. To me, the coin looks like it was first polished, and then given a &quot;wash&quot; to create that coloration. Not that they were trying for that distinct coloration, merely that it happened to work out that way due to whatever chemicals, and possibly even some powdered copper, that was mixed into the wash solution.</p><p><br /></p><p>And for those don&#039;t know, a wash is completely different from plating. It is a very old and very common practice, first used by counterfeiters hundreds of years ago, and today more commonly used by coin doctors. It is a liquid solution of chemicals and elements thoroughly mixed together so that when a coin is dipped into the solution, some of the elements present in the solution stick to the coin to make it appear as something it is not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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