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Cleaned Or Not Cleaned?

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 Posted 01/07/2012  10:31 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add zachlovessix to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hey all,
I just though that I would grab some thoughts on this Half Cent, does it look cleaned?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/11080202304...t_924wt_1110

Thanks
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 Posted 01/07/2012  11:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ron18holer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Inn my humble opinion, this coin looks original.
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 Posted 01/07/2012  11:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jeffrose to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ron
but will defer to the experts opinions - if they feel it is cleaned I hope they explain why
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 Posted 01/07/2012  12:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add zachlovessix to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the input, I'm thinking about adding this to my US type set but I just wanted to double check. I dont want to put cleaned coins in my collection :)
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 Posted 01/07/2012  1:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Color says cleaned to me.
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 Posted 01/07/2012  2:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add D0ubl3Eagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I am not sure if it is cleaned from those pictures but I am leaning a bit more towards cleaned than not. In some of pictures the coin looks a bit pale when it should be a nice chocolate brown.
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 Posted 01/09/2012  09:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice looking coin. I usually find it odd that a coin that old has so little dirt wedged inbetween letters and numbers. Appears to have been cleaned but a long time ago giving it a chance to look no cleaned.
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 Posted 01/09/2012  10:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jaobler to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I don't see any hairlines but the color does suggest the surfaces are not quite original. There also seems to be a touch of wear, most noticeable on the high points of the wreath.

Based on the final auction price of $137 the ebay bidders agreed it was either a cleaned Unc or a mostly original AU. It would probably look just fine in a type set.
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