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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mountain Man, post: 23693835, member: 94733&quot;]Welcome to CT Adrean.</p><p>As mentioned, from your photos, it simply appears to be toning. Exposure to many, many different type of items will cause the skin of the coin to start changing. Some like heavy toning, while others prefer bright white coins.</p><p>This is something I put together a while back, for new members. It may be helpful, but if not, I apologize.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>For new coin collectors</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Being new to this site, we have no idea how knowledgeable you are in coin collecting (numismatics) so it&#039;s hard to judge how much information to give you.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We at CT try to help new members as much as possible (for free), so without knowing your skill level, let me give you some info. If you just found an odd looking coin and wanted to find out if it is an error, or worth more than face value, we can do that.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are a ton of good online sites that can answer a number of your questions, so do some reading and self-education. I&#039;ve listed some at the bottom.</p><p><br /></p><p>Photo info for new members to CT</p><p><br /></p><p>I belabor the point of photographs to most new members so will give you my standard spiel.</p><p><i>For the best results, you should post &quot;in focus,&quot; FULL IMAGE photos (after you upload your photo, two buttons appear: Thumbnail and Full Image, click Full Image and your photo appears full size on your post and are easily enlarged by clicking on it). Photograph coins on neutral backgrounds like black, grey, or white. Crop out superfluous background so just the coin shows (you can use </i><a href="https://www.remove.bg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.remove.bg/" rel="nofollow"><i>https://www.remove.bg</i></a><i> for free), and post photos with correct orientation so members don&#039;t have to turn their computer in some awkward fashion to view it properly. While it isn’t always necessary, it is nice to show both the obverse and reverse, even if your question is just about one side. Members can often give more valuable information having both sides to evaluate. Add close ups of areas you have questions about and make your questions as definitive as possible so we know what you are asking for. And try to have the best lighting possible to show the most favorable photo of the coin. Hope this helps in the future. Good luck.</i></p><p>Helpful sites:</p><p>Coinscope for IDing unknown coins: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miccron.coinoscope&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miccron.coinoscope&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US" rel="nofollow">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miccron.coinoscope&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US</a></p><p>Removing backgrounds :&nbsp; <a href="https://www.remove.bg/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.remove.bg/" rel="nofollow">https://www.remove.bg</a></p><p>Wexler’s site:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.doubleddie.com/1801.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.doubleddie.com/1801.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.doubleddie.com/1801.html</a></p><p>Wexler’s worthless doubling <a href="http://www.doubleddie.com/144801.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.doubleddie.com/144801.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.doubleddie.com/144801.html</a></p><p>Error coin site: <a href="http://www.error-ref.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com</a></p><p>Variety Vista: <a href="http://varietyvista.com/CONECA%20Master%20Listings.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://varietyvista.com/CONECA%20Master%20Listings.htm" rel="nofollow">http://varietyvista.com/CONECA Master Listings.htm</a></p><p>Die production info: <a href="https://varietyerrors.com/coins/coin-dies-made-little-history/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://varietyerrors.com/coins/coin-dies-made-little-history/" rel="nofollow">https://varietyerrors.com/coins/coin-dies-made-little-history/</a></p><p>Online Photo manipulation: Lunapic&nbsp; <a href="https://www10.lunapic.com/editor/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www10.lunapic.com/editor/" rel="nofollow">https://www10.lunapic.com/editor/</a></p><p>Free online software <a href="http://x.photoscape.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://x.photoscape.org/" rel="nofollow">http://x.photoscape.org</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you will find some of this information helpful.</p><p>Good luck[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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