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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1092575, member: 112&quot;]No, he didn&#039;t use annodizing. And yes, the coin in that picture is NT. And yes, he could turn out coins that looked just like that one in about 4 hrs. And nobody, even the biggest names in the buisness, could tell one from the other. He even got some slabbed by NGC and PCGS both ! And this was years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the NT - the Proof nickels of that period were well known for toning some amazing colors. I passed on probably about 80 of them to my son for his collection. And I gave away a boatload of them to other collectors. This is what they start out looking like, but only a very, very few ever get that dark, rich blue.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see a few more here - <a href="http://www.1messydesk.com/Toned/toned-coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.1messydesk.com/Toned/toned-coins.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.1messydesk.com/Toned/toned-coins.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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