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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 8094112, member: 112&quot;]If I&#039;m understanding your comment correctly Jeff this is what you&#039;re talking about - yes ?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1406922[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those lines, around the E above and above the letters below, that are close together like contour lines on a topo map. And if you look at at just the E you can see they completely surround the E. You won&#039;t ever see lines like that are caused by toning.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1406923[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I like the way you said it, phrased it, it&#039;s simple, clear, and easily understood by all I believe.</p><p><br /></p><p>But we need to remember that that&#039;s not the only identifying characteristic of a coin with lacquer on it, there are others as well. And they don&#039;t always cause that colorful look seen on this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see several other examples of lacquer on a coin, and what it can also look like at times, here -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5789/NCS-coin-conservation-lacquer/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5789/NCS-coin-conservation-lacquer/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/5789/NCS-coin-conservation-lacquer/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In the article they talk about the doubling effect that can sometimes be seen around the legends, and that&#039;s most easily seen in the before and after pics of the Mercury dime. The other pics show you different looks it can have.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit - I would add that what John, messydesk, said is accurate as well when it comes to answering the question I asked - just a different way of saying it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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