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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1905227, member: 26302"]I will publicly state I have personally removed quarters looking just like this from albums. This was before toning was worth anything, so there was absolutely no gain to be had by having the coin toned, in fact it was a somewhat negative. The dates were 62-64, so it was assumed these coins had fresh surfaces. High humidity+old albums COULD produce such toning naturally in my experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree, take this coin out of context, and it becomes much more suspect nowadays. But, given my own experience, I believe the coin is authentic. Those old albums, stored incorrectly, would tone coins quickly, which is what a blue toning isusually indicative of.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1905227, member: 26302"]I will publicly state I have personally removed quarters looking just like this from albums. This was before toning was worth anything, so there was absolutely no gain to be had by having the coin toned, in fact it was a somewhat negative. The dates were 62-64, so it was assumed these coins had fresh surfaces. High humidity+old albums COULD produce such toning naturally in my experience. I agree, take this coin out of context, and it becomes much more suspect nowadays. But, given my own experience, I believe the coin is authentic. Those old albums, stored incorrectly, would tone coins quickly, which is what a blue toning isusually indicative of.[/QUOTE]
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