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<p>[QUOTE="thunderproof, post: 2165220, member: 74694"]I'm very inexperienced but I'll pass along some of my observations from the coin I received.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the things I did do with the coin in hand was look for the "cartwheel" effect that everyone seems to point to as an indicator of a cleaned vs uncleaned coin. I compared it to a shiny penny I found in my change and I was able to clearly see the difference. The IHC was SHINY but lacked the cartwheel effect that I expected. The shiny penny I found in change had a VERY obvious cartwheel that I could easily produce in almost any lighting. If I'm seeing correctly, it appears that your coin exhibits this effect even in the image.</p><p><br /></p><p>The color change does seem pretty drastic to me just to be changing the angle you are holding it. I haven't seen anything quite like that since I began looking for toned IHCs but again I know very little. Hopefully the experts can take a peek.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="thunderproof, post: 2165220, member: 74694"]I'm very inexperienced but I'll pass along some of my observations from the coin I received. One of the things I did do with the coin in hand was look for the "cartwheel" effect that everyone seems to point to as an indicator of a cleaned vs uncleaned coin. I compared it to a shiny penny I found in my change and I was able to clearly see the difference. The IHC was SHINY but lacked the cartwheel effect that I expected. The shiny penny I found in change had a VERY obvious cartwheel that I could easily produce in almost any lighting. If I'm seeing correctly, it appears that your coin exhibits this effect even in the image. The color change does seem pretty drastic to me just to be changing the angle you are holding it. I haven't seen anything quite like that since I began looking for toned IHCs but again I know very little. Hopefully the experts can take a peek.[/QUOTE]
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