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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 588312, member: 16510&quot;]<b>It does look cleaned and re-colored</b></p><p><br /></p><p>It does look cleaned and re-colored that&#039;s why the spots on the obv. have deepened from the chemical alteration at some point.</p><p>Look, this coin was not damaged to much but was cleaned and or/re-colored that&#039;s all there is to it - I&#039;ve seen this ten thousand times.</p><p>Those spots are not natural to a mint state coin - sure there may be carbon or spots but they will not &quot;explode&quot;, deepen or grow larger in diameter) <b>the way these have.</b></p><p>I&#039;ll tell you something else - learning original copper color is not for the faint of heart!&nbsp; I&#039;ve been working with a few, some long time coin dealers that just cannot &quot;git it&quot;.&nbsp; As with doublED dies some folks cannot &quot;get it&quot; - they truly lack the ability to interpret these subtle points and it&#039;s know fault of there own - I really think they &quot;do not see it&quot;![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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