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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1426912, member: 15309&quot;]It was discovered in a different thread that a coin shop in Connecticut has been using my coin photos for their advertising purposes (see link below).&nbsp; If this isn&#039;t bad enough, they have decided to use two different photos of an AT 1963-D Franklin Half Dollar that has been sitting on my desk for the last half decade.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.brookfieldcoincard.com/Blog.html?entry=ebay-tightens-rules-for-listing" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.brookfieldcoincard.com/Blog.html?entry=ebay-tightens-rules-for-listing" rel="nofollow">Brookfield Coin &amp; Card (photos courtesy of Lehigh96)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I purchased this coin for less than $10 on 4/17/2007 from a seller on E-Bay.&nbsp; I suspected that the coin was AT but I wanted to see how much he juiced his photos.&nbsp; The price was pretty cheap and it did have intrinsic value so I bought the AT Half Dollar.&nbsp; Here are the E-Bay seller&#039;s photos from April 2007.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Franklin%20Half%20Dollars/FranklinHalfDollar1963ATSeller.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Believe it or not, the colors on the coin were very vibrant, not as vibrant as the juiced photos, but let&#039;s just say the thing looked radioactive in hand.&nbsp; I noticed after a few months that the coin had darkened considerably and lost the neon effect.&nbsp; I decided to wait 2 years and take another photo.&nbsp; Here is the result:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Franklin%20Half%20Dollars/FranklinHalfDollar1963AT.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Notice how almost all of the pink has disappeared and turned to deeper shades of blue and purple.&nbsp; Not that there was any doubt that the coin was AT, but it was now evident that the surface of the coin was treated with a chemical and whatever was used was still on the surface of the coin since the toning was still advancing at a fast pace.&nbsp; Although I see the coin everyday, it never occurred to me to take another photo until tonight.&nbsp; Okay, hold onto your hat, here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Franklin%20Half%20Dollars/FHD1963-DXFAT.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now there is absolutely no pink left and almost all of the blue is gone as well.&nbsp; All that is left is a deep violet and orange patina.&nbsp; Strangely, the toning looks much more natural after 5 years.&nbsp; It is rare that we get to see a timeline progression of an artificially toned coin.&nbsp; I thought this would make an interesting topic for a thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments welcome![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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