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<p>[QUOTE="longnine009, post: 38859, member: 1886"]If you just slightly and slowly rock a coin under light, hairlines will often times flash at you like someone in the subway wearing a trench coat. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Watch dealers at shows checking someone's coin that they are thinking about buying. Rocking is the first thing they do. </p><p><br /></p><p>A BU coin that formly had some dark toning but is not hairlined will sometimes show edvidence of that toning in the protected areas and in the reeding, and especially between denticles.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could also become a "cynic" when you see a 100 year old blast white coin. You may not win any popularity contests on the Internet being a cynic or skeptic but your wallet might appreciate it. So just ask yourself what could have occured that kept this 100 year coin from toning in the first place. I rather doubt that Capital Holders were around in 1895.</p><p><br /></p><p> *QUESTION EVERYTHING!*[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="longnine009, post: 38859, member: 1886"]If you just slightly and slowly rock a coin under light, hairlines will often times flash at you like someone in the subway wearing a trench coat. :eek: Watch dealers at shows checking someone's coin that they are thinking about buying. Rocking is the first thing they do. A BU coin that formly had some dark toning but is not hairlined will sometimes show edvidence of that toning in the protected areas and in the reeding, and especially between denticles. You could also become a "cynic" when you see a 100 year old blast white coin. You may not win any popularity contests on the Internet being a cynic or skeptic but your wallet might appreciate it. So just ask yourself what could have occured that kept this 100 year coin from toning in the first place. I rather doubt that Capital Holders were around in 1895. *QUESTION EVERYTHING!*[/QUOTE]
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