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<p>[QUOTE="KSorbo, post: 2517504, member: 56370"]This MS64-graded Cleveland came in the mail a couple days ago. It's in a rattler and the seller's photos looked attractive, but when I took it out of the package and looked at it in the daylight, this is what I saw. The effect is more pronounced when viewed at an angle but is visible in some types of light even head on.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]536334[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]536336[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Is this regular toning or does it look like PVC, a dip gone wrong, or some other issue that isn't market acceptable? Since it has been in its holder for 25+ years I'm sure a lot of things could have happened. On the other hand, I know that not all toning is attractive and there are coins in slabs graded higher than this one that are ugly.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks the worst under natural daylight but is somewhat better under the nightstand lamp.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KSorbo, post: 2517504, member: 56370"]This MS64-graded Cleveland came in the mail a couple days ago. It's in a rattler and the seller's photos looked attractive, but when I took it out of the package and looked at it in the daylight, this is what I saw. The effect is more pronounced when viewed at an angle but is visible in some types of light even head on. [ATTACH=full]536334[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]536336[/ATTACH] Is this regular toning or does it look like PVC, a dip gone wrong, or some other issue that isn't market acceptable? Since it has been in its holder for 25+ years I'm sure a lot of things could have happened. On the other hand, I know that not all toning is attractive and there are coins in slabs graded higher than this one that are ugly. It looks the worst under natural daylight but is somewhat better under the nightstand lamp.[/QUOTE]
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