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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2461829, member: 1892&quot;]This would be a good time to fixate on the numismatic term &quot;patina.&quot; Using your two coins as an example, I would figure a strong chance of the upper one having been dipped at some time in the past - either that or it was very lucky (yes it <b>does</b> happen) to have been preserved in such fashion as to not have acquired any atmospheric &quot;weathering&quot; at all. In most cases, it happens over such a long period that the owner&nbsp; - if they study the coin often enough - ages along with&nbsp; it and doesn&#039;t notice. The bottom one is what I&#039;d expect a Franklin minted 66 years ago to look like, all other things being equal.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s why some Lincolns are Red and some Brown.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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