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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1612957, member: 15309"]I am not trying to start an argument with Doug, but posting the ROYGBIV spectrum will only serve to confuse people. When evaluating toned coins, a natural color progression is repeating bands of yellow-magenta-cyan. The Jefferson in question actually shows this progression with the yellow at the peripheries, followed by magenta in the fields, and finally green before the devices. Here is the problem though. What exactly caused this toning? Jeffersons are typically toned either in rolls or in albums. In both cases, the edge of the coin is in contact with the sulfur source which is the paper. That would necessitate that toning would be the most advanced at the peripheries and least advanced in the center. This coin is completely opposite with the center showing the most advanced toning. Unless this coin developed this toning in an envelope where the paper was touching the center of the coin, then the coin has to be questionably toned. My personal opinion is that both the Jefferson and Buffalo shown in this thread are questionably toned based on what I see.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I don't trust those photos and they look severely juiced to me. Also, the toning on the reverse of the coin would give us more information about the originality of the coin. I will say this. I have owned hundreds of toned war nickels in my life. To my recollection, I have never owned one with purple in the center of the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1612957, member: 15309"]I am not trying to start an argument with Doug, but posting the ROYGBIV spectrum will only serve to confuse people. When evaluating toned coins, a natural color progression is repeating bands of yellow-magenta-cyan. The Jefferson in question actually shows this progression with the yellow at the peripheries, followed by magenta in the fields, and finally green before the devices. Here is the problem though. What exactly caused this toning? Jeffersons are typically toned either in rolls or in albums. In both cases, the edge of the coin is in contact with the sulfur source which is the paper. That would necessitate that toning would be the most advanced at the peripheries and least advanced in the center. This coin is completely opposite with the center showing the most advanced toning. Unless this coin developed this toning in an envelope where the paper was touching the center of the coin, then the coin has to be questionably toned. My personal opinion is that both the Jefferson and Buffalo shown in this thread are questionably toned based on what I see. However, I don't trust those photos and they look severely juiced to me. Also, the toning on the reverse of the coin would give us more information about the originality of the coin. I will say this. I have owned hundreds of toned war nickels in my life. To my recollection, I have never owned one with purple in the center of the coin.[/QUOTE]
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