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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rbm86, post: 17406, member: 854&quot;]A while back I posted a 1986 Statue of Liberty coin with &quot;Monster&quot; toning selling for a monster price.&nbsp; Well, lo and behold, it is still available, per the following link:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=41107&amp;item=3042472682" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=41107&amp;item=3042472682" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=41107&amp;item=3042472682</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now this coin made it into a PCGS slab and is being offered by what appears to be a reputable seller. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, take a look at this coin, a 1964 Kennedy Half:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=41103&amp;item=3926719664&amp;rd=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=41103&amp;item=3926719664&amp;rd=1" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=41103&amp;item=3926719664&amp;rd=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In another forum the members universally believed it to be artificially toned, and the seller was trashed as a deceptive purveyor of cooked coins.&nbsp; If you look at the other items the seller has to offer, many signs raise suspicion about the Kennedy Half:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Many of the other coins offered have toning that looks similar</p><p>2.&nbsp; All coins being sold are toned</p><p>3.&nbsp; The Seller&#039;s feedback is kept private</p><p>4.&nbsp; The ID of bidders is kept private.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, if the Kennedy Half had been offered by a &quot;less suspicious&quot; seller, I might be inclined to believe the toning is &quot;natural&quot;, as it does not look too much different from the Statue of Liberty dollar in the PCGS slab.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The colors on the Kennedy are supposedly in the same sequence as &quot;naturally&quot; toned coins, so I do not know how one would tell if such toning was artificial.&nbsp; Any comments or insight on this would be great![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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