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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;oval_man, post: 2217191, member: 22602&quot;]The point of Doug&#039;s photos is to show that dark areas can appear lighter or even disappear—and light areas can appear darker—under subtly different lighting conditions (and angle of photograph). It depends on what precisely is happening on the surface of the coin. In the case of simple tarnish, the fact that the seller&#039;s photos <i>do</i> show some of the dark areas—but not as intensely—shows this to be a lighting/photography situation.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for heat damage, sorry but this sounds absurd. Coins have been shipped around the world during the summer months for years; they sit in hot cars, hot safes in garages, hot boxes in attics, etc. Do you often read about pronounced toning changes from these situations?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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