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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1103800, member: 112"]If it wasn't for your full size pics, and their clarity, I wouldn't think the coin had been harshly cleaned either. But looking at that coin in such blown up detail it's kind of hard not to see them. There looks to me to be raised lines and incuse lines all over that coin. And the only way they can get there is if it was harshly cleaned. But the toning and the bad alloy mix do a very, very good job of disguising them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>It's not that anything actually looks AT to me. It may not even be AT. When I say a coin is re-toned, that toning might be NT or it might be AT. Coins can re-tone all on their own after a harsh cleaning, even after a dip. Or, they can be re-toned quite intenionally. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are more than a few "woodies" out there that are not really woodies. The wood grain effect is really not that hard to do. It can be imitated quite easily. And it can also easily be used to cover up a multitude of sins. For example, those full size pics of yours, take a good long at them. In the smaller pics the coin looks to be really clean hit wise. But if you look at those blow-ups there are really quite a few contact marks on the coin, both sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>My thinking is this - somebody found a well struck '26-S. But it was dirty, or had unsightly toning or something, and they tried to clean it up. Now that was 1 owner. I suspect another owner ran across it, saw it for what it was and decided to play doctor. He then toned that coin up real pretty, hiding all the bad stuff. Looking at it with the naked eye - you'd never even see it. I doubt you'd even see it with 5x.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could I be wrong ? Sure, all I've got are your pics. But those are some good pics ! Anyway, that's my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1103800, member: 112"]If it wasn't for your full size pics, and their clarity, I wouldn't think the coin had been harshly cleaned either. But looking at that coin in such blown up detail it's kind of hard not to see them. There looks to me to be raised lines and incuse lines all over that coin. And the only way they can get there is if it was harshly cleaned. But the toning and the bad alloy mix do a very, very good job of disguising them. It's not that anything actually looks AT to me. It may not even be AT. When I say a coin is re-toned, that toning might be NT or it might be AT. Coins can re-tone all on their own after a harsh cleaning, even after a dip. Or, they can be re-toned quite intenionally. There are more than a few "woodies" out there that are not really woodies. The wood grain effect is really not that hard to do. It can be imitated quite easily. And it can also easily be used to cover up a multitude of sins. For example, those full size pics of yours, take a good long at them. In the smaller pics the coin looks to be really clean hit wise. But if you look at those blow-ups there are really quite a few contact marks on the coin, both sides. My thinking is this - somebody found a well struck '26-S. But it was dirty, or had unsightly toning or something, and they tried to clean it up. Now that was 1 owner. I suspect another owner ran across it, saw it for what it was and decided to play doctor. He then toned that coin up real pretty, hiding all the bad stuff. Looking at it with the naked eye - you'd never even see it. I doubt you'd even see it with 5x. Could I be wrong ? Sure, all I've got are your pics. But those are some good pics ! Anyway, that's my opinion.[/QUOTE]
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