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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tonedcoins, post: 1219177, member: 25155&quot;]You can be as skeptical as you want and or buy what you like whether you believe it to be AT or NT. In a naturally toned coin you will see toning laying within the lettering and more or less&nbsp; breaking at the design elements. In AT coins which had their toning&nbsp; agent applied via gas or liquid, the toning is going to run over the&nbsp; letters and design elements. If something is applied via gas or liquid&nbsp; it can not discriminate between the raised and recess areas of the coin -&nbsp; it is going to apply evenly. Not the case with Air Transfer. In this case, one good sign of AT is that the coin has some questionable splotchinness (just in front of Lincolns chin) which is not a natural reaction specially having the rest of the colors (toning) progress almost perfectly.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$%28KGrHqEOKooE32%29C%212duBODHUpmTEQ%7E%7E_12.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lets remember that naturally toned pieces will have depth to their toning. On the closeup of the mint mark (S), the toning is practically gone. Should show strongly when magnified (if naturally toned). Artificially or Accelerated toned coins will usually&nbsp; have no substance to it and the toning will appear as though it is&nbsp; floating on the coin versus being engrained onto the coin&#039;s surface.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$%28KGrHqEOKooE32%29C%212duBODHUw6Llg%7E%7E_12.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>With this said, I just want people to be aware. I am not telling you or anyone to not buy the coin. I get questions sometimes by e-mail of people asking for my opinion on a certain coin. This coin was one of them. I said I would NOT buy it but I don&#039;t know if the person did or did not. So as I said &quot;be as skeptical as you want and buy what you like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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