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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1092680, member: 15929&quot;]My understand of &quot;Black Beauty&quot; is that the term was coined for some improperly annealed 1959 nickels which are not deep blue but literally a mottled black:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/Nickels/Jefferson/Jefferson1959ANACSBlackBeautySlab-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/Nickels/Jefferson/Jefferson1959BlackBeautySintered-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Its dark color has little to do with &quot;toning&quot;. Of course this isn&#039;t to say that folks with Deep Blue toned nickels don;t refer to them as &quot;Black Beauty&#039;s&quot; its just to say that I think the term originated with the 1959 coins and was used again in, I believe, 1962.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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