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<p>[QUOTE="Pickin and Grinin, post: 4845544, member: 73995"]I am with those that said, they would rather own a coin with a light or even a crusty skin on them. Original is not blast white. It may look like it just left the mint, but there will be tell tale signs on most that say otherwise. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me blast white means it has been dipped. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=100459]@Jim Dale[/USER] it depends on the toning.</p><p>Most original toning is easily defined by those that enjoy some originality to their collection. If you study how coins tone in different environments, then it us much easier to tell if a coin is NT (natural toning) and AT (artificial toning) NT garners either a premium or much closer to a market value than an AT coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pickin and Grinin, post: 4845544, member: 73995"]I am with those that said, they would rather own a coin with a light or even a crusty skin on them. Original is not blast white. It may look like it just left the mint, but there will be tell tale signs on most that say otherwise. To me blast white means it has been dipped. [USER=100459]@Jim Dale[/USER] it depends on the toning. Most original toning is easily defined by those that enjoy some originality to their collection. If you study how coins tone in different environments, then it us much easier to tell if a coin is NT (natural toning) and AT (artificial toning) NT garners either a premium or much closer to a market value than an AT coin.[/QUOTE]
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