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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 2198248, member: 20480&quot;]The coin is not in a holder . . . at least not yet. </p><p><br /></p><p>The blue should actually be a bit more of a sea-green in the photos, and the red on the obverse is a little too deep . . . probably too saturated.&nbsp; Forgive me for rushing.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have to refine that a bit more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pullaway can be reliable for identifying original toning where it exists, but its absence may not always be indicative of secondary toning.&nbsp; In fact, it is unusual for a coin to exhibit pullaway all of the way around, mainly because it is unusual for the catalyst and the coin to be well-centered to each other.&nbsp; In this case there is indeed pullaway at stars 11, 12 &amp; 13, but it is less noticeable there than at the date.&nbsp; Notice how the pullaway at the date thins out, from its widest at the second 8 to the narrowest at the 1.&nbsp; It similarly disappears from star 13 up to star 10.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is very natural looking to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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