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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stephan77, post: 2228806, member: 74244&quot;]Hi Doug - a few things...first to clarify a point of mine which leads directly into a point you made that I will comment on.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point originally worded: &quot;For example the old green holders are around 15 years old now. I can basically tell the difference between say a 50 year old never dipped copper coin versus a 15 year old dipped and slabbed copper coin, having the same say 64 grade and approximately the same toning characteristics.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>My point reworded: For example the old green holders are around 15 years old now. I can basically tell the difference between say a 1965 minted, 50 year old, never dipped copper coin versus a 1965 minted, 15 year old dipped and slabbed copper coin, having the same say 64 grade and approximately the same toning characteristics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your point: &quot;Now can original skin be definitively identified or recognized ? No it cannot, and the reason it cannot is because there is no difference between the toning that occurs at the beginning of a coins life, and toning that occurs 50 or 100 years later.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I hear ya, and I&#039;m be thinking about your point as your posts are highly informative and knowledgeable, but I&#039;m not yet convinced of your point on this, alluding to some of the points in my post, especially when it comes to copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;This is why, among what I shall call &quot;advanced collectors&quot; many of them highly prize the coins with what they call original skin.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll place myself with your term of &quot;advanced collectors&quot; in your sentence, although I will probably never place myself in a category of &quot;advanced knowledge&quot; when it comes to coin collecting. I still have much to learn, and I enjoy the learning process. I just don&#039;t want the learning process to be ultra expensive as per the old saying, &quot;Experience is a dear school&quot; -&nbsp; in my case meaning the need to obtain as much information as possible in order to&nbsp; avoid as many bad coin purchases as possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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