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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2622300, member: 112&quot;]Not exactly, that&#039;s how toning on Proof coins often starts. I won&#039;t say it starts that way on every single coin but it is extremely common.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, if you look at the coin found on ebay that you just linked to, the blowup pics anyway - <a href="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dDEAAOSwIgNXn3cD/s-l1600.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dDEAAOSwIgNXn3cD/s-l1600.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dDEAAOSwIgNXn3cD/s-l1600.jpg</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; - you can see some scratches in the fields underlying the toning in a similar location as those on your coin. But since the two coins are from different mints rather obviously it cannot be said that the scratches on the coin came from the die - since they were both struck with different dies. And the underlying scratches on the toned coin form a different pattern than those on your coin as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Give that, and the fact that the obv of the toned coin also shows scratches in a few places in the fields - <a href="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6zEAAOSwnQhXn3cA/s-l1600.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6zEAAOSwnQhXn3cA/s-l1600.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6zEAAOSwnQhXn3cA/s-l1600.jpg</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; - I think it reasonable to assume that the scratches on your coin, and the toned coin, came about as a result of rough handling, as opposed to being die polish lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>And though I can&#039;t prove it of course, given the look of the toned coin on ebay, I&#039;m pretty much convinced that it is/was intentionally toned that way (and yes you can read that as AT) in order to try and cover up those rough handling scratches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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