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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 2416867, member: 31286&quot;]I don&#039;t think there is sufficient evidence to convict! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Particularly because the toning on the 1840 $ is completely intact around the edges (not the case with the half), the lighter areas look to me like exactly the areas where a circulated coin would have changed color due to actual people touching it repeatedly - that is what happens when a coin is circulated, right?&nbsp; This pattern matches exactly the patterns I&#039;ve seen on silver coins with severe/heavy toning - bordering on, or identified as environmental damage by PCGS.&nbsp; There are areas in the fields where the toning/damage is worn off. However, this is only non-expert observation and maybe some common sense!&nbsp;&nbsp; If a coin has been dipped enough to remove toning, it seems logical that the toning in protected areas would be gone - or left even with the toning in the fields - as it is in the xf45 example in original two coins I posted - and on the obverse of the 1858 dollar that was posted. </p><p><br /></p><p>It warms my heart to see how reasonable people have different perspectives on this!</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;So you don&#039;t see this dark outline around the devices that is plainly evident from your pictures? I see the halo on your coin more easily than mine&quot;.&nbsp; Actually, no.&nbsp; Because the &quot;halo&quot; on your dollar is focused and literally around the devices, and the darker toning you reference on the dollar I posted is wider and in all of the unprotected areas with equal measure, i.e., the toning around the edges isn&#039;t outlining anything![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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