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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedy, post: 114084, member: 705&quot;]Not true...when a coin is struck the metal is open to toning the sec it comes out of the die....a coin does tone and I don&#039;t know if I would say made to tone but it does tone normal.</p><p>I would be willing to bet that the coins you have seen have been dipped at one point in time.</p><p>Since back in the 1800&#039;s and such cleaning was said to be good we take that into the grade when we look at coins minted at this time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think photos are hard to tell a grade with...and I would also say its hard to say 100% that a coin has been cleaned from photos.....but I do disagree with the quote above and wanted to post why.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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