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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1339439, member: 112"]The thing about blue on copper is this. It's not that it's so unusual, it's that it's so easily reproducible. Dip any MS copper into MS70 and they'll turn blue. Sometimes just in spots like yours, sometimes the entire coin. And it looks perfectly natural in regard to the way a naturally toned coin would look with the color being part of the luster instead of "on" the coin. So blue copper is very often suspect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Problem is there's no way to say one way or the other, it's purely a guess as to whether it's AT or not because copper will turn blue all by itself with natural toning. You just never know, so people treat them with suspicion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1339439, member: 112"]The thing about blue on copper is this. It's not that it's so unusual, it's that it's so easily reproducible. Dip any MS copper into MS70 and they'll turn blue. Sometimes just in spots like yours, sometimes the entire coin. And it looks perfectly natural in regard to the way a naturally toned coin would look with the color being part of the luster instead of "on" the coin. So blue copper is very often suspect. Problem is there's no way to say one way or the other, it's purely a guess as to whether it's AT or not because copper will turn blue all by itself with natural toning. You just never know, so people treat them with suspicion.[/QUOTE]
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