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  • #1

    1987 Half Dollar

    So why is one side toned and the other side is deep cameo. Is this some kind of plating error?
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    Working dies are replaced on a as needed basis. One die could have been replaced recently, and the other could be at 50% of its life. The Mint did not typically replace both dies at the same time.

    Legitimate toning typicall happens for various reasons, paper rolls, dramatic temperatures, mint packaging or contact with some sort of material, like a velvet bag or coin wrapped in a cloth.
    Gary Kozera
    Website: https://MintErrors.org
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    • #3
      Originally posted by MintErrors View Post
      Working dies are replaced on a as needed basis. One die could have been replaced recently, and the other could be at 50% of its life. The Mint did not typically replace both dies at the same time.

      Legitimate toning typicall happens for various reasons, paper rolls, dramatic temperatures, mint packaging or contact with some sort of material, like a velvet bag or coin wrapped in a cloth.
      this came out of a an unopened mint package, so.

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      • #4
        i agree with everything M.E. says.

        there are probably 100 reasons why one side of a coin can haze/tone/corrode etc and the other doesn't. happens all the time.
        coinfacts.com - conecaonline.info - board.conecaonline.org/forum/numismatic-site-links - briansvarietycoins.com - coppercoins.com - cuds-on-coins.com - doubleddie.com - error-ref.com - franklinlover.yolasite.com - ikegroup.info -lincolncentresource.com - maddieclashes.com - money.org - ngccoin.com/price-guide/world - ngccoin.com/census - ngccoin.com/resources/counterfeit-detection - nnp.wustl.edu - pcgs.com/pop - pcgs.com/coinfacts - pcgs.com/photograde - varietyvista.com - vamworld.com

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        • #5
          I'm leaving it exposed now to see if it turns rainbow...

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Bonnie View Post
            I'm leaving it exposed now to see if it turns rainbow...
            It took how many years for this coin to get as far as it has? (36 years !)
            It may take a long while for it to naturally tone more. IF it tones any more, the direction will be probably in the direction it was headed, but in was removed from the incubator that caused it to do so. I don't know if it will tone any more.

            Gary Kozera
            Website: https://MintErrors.org

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            • #7
              well I have nothing to loose really.

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