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Pillar of the Community
  United States
900 Posts |
I tried to get some closer views, but I'm not sure if it is helpful. To be clear about my question, I would like to see if this coin is exhibiting both planchet lines or die polishing as well as cleaning. From the first two pictures I posted, it appears that the field in front of the face on the obverse has scratches from being cleaned, as do the two fields on the reverse around "One Dime". However, some of the vertical lines in front of the face, and behind the head appear different to me. Are those from cleaning? Additional close ups. Lighting and focus is very difficult, so apologies if they aren't good.   
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36901 Posts |
The color is off and these are hairline scratches, they do not look like die polish marks to me.
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Pillar of the Community
  United States
900 Posts |
Thanks for mentioning the color. I just looked at it next to a 1916 quarter I got from the same seller. The color on the quarter is consistent and has nice cartwheels, but the dime does not. Good observation.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agreed they just like harsh cleaning scratches from a brush. The areas that have just a tiny bit of crust/dark matter showing are probably the areas that were missed where the crud still shows. Color seems a bit yellow but I woudn't know why.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8715 Posts |
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
Yeah ,I'm going with it's been cleaned .It just has that slight look to it that tells me ''I've BEEN CLEANED ''.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1590 Posts |
To answer your question, yes, I think both. Some of those are clear die polish lines. YOu can tell when the lines end at the devices. When they continue onto the devies, perhaps with a small clear area immedietly next to the device, those are polishing lines. I see what I think are some polishing lines on the cheek. I also see some clear die polish lines on the field.
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Pillar of the Community
  United States
900 Posts |
Thank you all for your input. I am going to contact the seller about returning it. It was certainly not obvious in the picture, and I don't recall any mention of cleaning.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1613 Posts |
 Solid AU and a nice one despite being cleaned. I have the complete series including all the key dates. Again, very nice!
ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
OK, probably cleaned, shame.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3402 Posts |
Harsh cleaning with polishing compound...left the abrasion marks.
KK
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
IMO the scratches in the fields are from die polishing. There may(?) be a hint of a different set of polish lines on the bust. But with the almost total lack of toning I am leaning (heavily) towards it having been dipped.
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
Its gorgeous but the color looks unnatural to me. Looks like an old cleaning to me unfortunately. I'd say a cleaned au-55. Still a very nice piece.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Depending on what you paid, cleaning or not, may be a good deal. Over 100 years old so you shouldn't expect to much.
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Pillar of the Community
  United States
900 Posts |
Well, it has been an interesting experience with this purchase, but the short version is that I was not careful enough as a buyer, and after a long hiatus from ebay, I was also a bit inexperienced as to how to find the original listing after purchase. For those interested in the longer version: I looked at my purchase history and only saw a thumbnail image with the word "Sold" on it. I clicked "View Original Listing", and the picture just disappeared and was replaced by the words "you won this auction", followed by a bunch of listings about what other people bought, or were interested in, followed by sponsored link advertisements. I tried this a number of ways, always with the same results. I was rather frustrated that I could not see the original listing with the full pictures and descriptions. I knew I used to be able to do it about 8 years ago. I contacted the seller, and she responded that I could return the coin, but she said that she had put it in the description that it had been cleaned, and that I should be able to see that. I tried again a couple of times and still nothing. Then, I happened to scroll about two pages down past all of the advertisements and found the listing with the full size pictures, but I could not see the Description page, because a different listing for a 1902 Half Dollar immediately followed the pictures. So, I contacted her again and said that the cleaning was not in the description, and she responded again that it was, but I could return the coin. So, I looked again, and it finally dawned on me. In the original listing, the title in the description page incorrectly read "1902 Half Dollar" (probably from copying from an earlier listing), but following that was verbage indicating that the coin had been lightly cleaned. If you look at the screen shot, you will probably see why I was confused. So, I clearly made a mistake in reading the description. As a matter of fact, I may have never even read it, because I do not recall the incorrect title. Anyway, I have told the buyer that it was my error and that I would keep the coin. She has responded that I am welcome to return it. So anyway, it was a learning experience. I was careless, and in retrospect, I overpaid as well. 
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