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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rmpsrpms, post: 2741590, member: 31773&quot;]Shell case cents have a very distinctive toning pattern. Most of the ones I&#039;ve seen (and own/owned) were from SF mint. I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever seen a D-mint coin with the telltale toning, nor very many from Philadelphia. I have an original mint $20 bag of 45-S with shellcase toning! But the latest I&#039;ve seen is 46-S I believe. All of the 47-S rolls I&#039;ve looked through have been pretty boring, toning-wise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example of a shellcase 46-S. I have long wanted to do XRF myself but the ones I&#039;ve seen say that there is Mn in the mix. Supposedly this is a component in the primers used to fire the round.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/46-S%20Roll%20Search/IMG_0001_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is another:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad273/rparkhurst/46-S%20Roll%20Search/IMG_0007_01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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