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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 177690, member: 2972&quot;]Freddy, </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure how you can be &quot;definite&quot; about anything from a photo, but hopefully what follows will help describe how I arrived at my opinon...</p><p><br /></p><p>The areas around the devices seem to show some porosity -- look around the stars on the obverse and around the lettering on the reverse.&nbsp; Just as if this coin was heavily toned and porous in the areas that I mentioned and this toning and corrosion was subsequently removed by a cleaning.&nbsp; When done, this has a very distinctive look, just like I see in the photos on this coin, and if examined in-hand under magnification, identification of this porosity/corrosion problem will be quite easy -- the surface of the coin will have tiny &quot;holes&quot;.&nbsp; However, it is also possible that this area of &quot;darnkess&quot; that I think is corrosion may just be way the coin is retoning, toning that wasn&#039;t removed when the coin was cleaned, or even the remnants of luster.</p><p><br /></p><p>By way of example, take a look at the following coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/72007798/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>See the area of slight darkness from 4 o&#039;clock to 6 o&#039;clock?&nbsp; This is light corrosion that has been &quot;fixed&quot;.&nbsp; Under magnification, it becomes immediately evident, but held at arms length, the coin appears to only be off-color in this area.&nbsp; The bust quarter seems to me to have had the same type of work done, but the underlying corrosion was either primarily where the dark areas are (as dug coins often do), or the corrosion was over the entire coin and was subsequently polished away and left in the more protected areas.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I could certainly be wrong, and that&#039;s why I added the disclaimer saying I really wanted to see the coin in-hand to be sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless, it is virtually impossible through photos to know for sure if the coin has any of these faults, so it is wise not to be &quot;definite&quot; about anything when you&#039;re basing your opinion solely on a photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Respectfully submitted...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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