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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2382616, member: 1892&quot;]I&#039;m inclined to think the cheek is a detached lamination, relatively recent in the coin&#039;s lifetime although that could still be 25+ years ago. By that point the toning was likely fully-developed.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a pretty good high-res image of S-3 here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/indian-cents/small-cents/1869-69-1c-ms65-red-pcgs-snow-3-fs-301/a/1213-30063.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/indian-cents/small-cents/1869-69-1c-ms65-red-pcgs-snow-3-fs-301/a/1213-30063.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/itm/indian-cents/small-cents/1869-69-1c-ms65-red-pcgs-snow-3-fs-301/a/1213-30063.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It tends to support your attribution.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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