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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25501479, member: 134416&quot;]I just now freed the coin and with gloves transferred it to a standard flip.&nbsp; It looks less bad out of the staple flip and the &#039;raised&#039; encrustations on the bevel seemed just to be an optical illusion caused by the staple flip.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s less cause to be alarmed now. However the toning spots do look rather jarring in comparison to the blast white part.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps modern silver just tones differently than Roman/Greek silver.&nbsp; The coin in the recent &#039;did I get skunked&#039; thread has similar coloration. The purity had dipped to around 90% at the time of Nero but their 10% additives were undoubtedly different to the 19th c. 10%.&nbsp; The dip residue might have just caused it to tone more rapidly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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