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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fish, post: 160030, member: 6034&quot;]I&#039;m not sold on either of those being fakes as of yet.&nbsp; The color, to me, looks totally within the realm of acceptable hues.&nbsp; That is especially true for one that has been so poorly-kept to have ended up with that degree of damage.&nbsp; And with regards to the pitting and lack of detail, I&#039;ve also seen coppers (much earlier ones, though) with very similar appearance.&nbsp; Generally those are coins that have been dug, or exposed to some other environmental damage (water, acid, etc).</p><p><br /></p><p>I would not be even a bit surprised to find that that 1908 came out of the ground and was then cleaned up in some fashion - acid, electrolysis, something - and that it was then exposed to something else to re-tone it which could have also caused further damage, in the end leaving you with something fairly ugly but totally genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m no expert mind you, but I&#039;ve spent some time with coppers, and it just doesn&#039;t look wrong enough.&nbsp; But like other people have said, some weighing and dropping and close study would go a long way towards telling you wether or not it was real.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fish[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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