I got a BLUE penny this weekend! OH NO!!!!!!!!!! AT or NT?

[James_OldeTowne]

The image is dead-on accurate, and the coin grades AU-58. Your opinions welcome!

 

 

James

[WinstonWare]

I’ll guess NT based on not seeing any pooling…

[MikeInFL]

The coin does not look natural to my eye. It appears to have the bluish color present when a copper coin is exposed to a soap or solvent.

[bsshog40]

Nothing jumps out at me either james. Looks pretty natural to me.

[gmarguli]

Surfaces look a little too clean to be 100% natural.

[IGWT]

Looks to me like treatment with a little Blue Ribbon more than anything else.

[drwstr123]

I don't find it unusual for Lincolns of that era to tone blue, Here's an example, PCGS MS64RB:

[WoodenJefferson]

Looks to me like treatment with a little Blue Ribbon more than anything else.

But after a few treatments of Blue Ribbon,

they all begin to look the same.

[CAP Freak]

Looks like NT

[Coinbuf]

Its AT for sure, but haveing said that many times coins like this can and do get slabbed.

 

Chris

[michael]

cleaned/coated with the old formula care, and/or blue ribbon some time ago and then toned blue as such

 

routinely done by many collectors before putting their lincoln cents in an album 1960's-1980's....................................

 

 

 

 

[bsshog40]

I still say NT. Lincolns are prone to blue tone by themselves. This is dansco toning. This was a quick pic. What looks green is actually blue.

 

 

[rrantique]

Looks to me like treatment with a little Blue Ribbon more than anything else.

But after a few treatments of Blue Ribbon,

they all begin to look the same.

 

 

 

[drwstr123]

Blue as blue, PCGS MS64BN:

[gmarguli]

drwstr123, if your coin a doubled die obverse? It might just be the picture, but it looks like there is some thickness in Liberty, UST of Trust, & 1913 and the bottom of the N in IN.

[drwstr123]

gmarguli- I could only wish. No, it's a combination of tone-reflection and poor photo skills. Mike

[Frank Provasek]

Probably treated with MS70, a strong alkaline detergent.