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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2848250, member: 24314&quot;]C-B-D, posted: &quot;Those spots are just slightly darker areas. The luster cartwheels thru them. I&#039;ve inspected those areas closely and gave the coin an acetone bath. None are active corrosion... they aren&#039;t even grainy or rough looking. I feel confident about this coin straight grading, but we&#039;ll see. I&#039;ll keep everyone posted.</p><p>Aside from that AU55 is a strange grade to give a coin with some original mint red showing, and a nice strike.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry guys, the Indian cent is <b><span style="color: #ff0000">CORRODED and </span><span style="color: #b300b3">recolored.</span> </b> </p><p><br /></p><p>You can either believe it or not but IMO, if you cannot at least see the corrosion, you should not purchase raw coins.&nbsp; If I were a grader, I would have given it Unc details, corroded as there is no point paying attention to the tiny amount of rub.&nbsp; For those interested, here is something useful to detect environmental damage = <b><span style="color: #b30000">C</span><span style="color: #ff8000">O</span><span style="color: #b3b300">L</span><span style="color: #006633">O</span><span style="color: #000066">R</span></b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Black is not beautiful on coins.&nbsp; Note that there are several dark spots on the coin.&nbsp; Magnify one and you&#039;ll notice the surface is grainy - unlike the surface around it.&nbsp; That&#039;s what a corroded surface looks like.&nbsp; Now crack the coin out and sell it to an &quot;expert&quot; who thinks he knows more than the ANACS graders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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