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Valued Member
United States
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Do you folks think this Mercury dime has been cleaned? If yes, why?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2936 Posts |
Dipped? Probably.. Otherwise, no other indications of an abrasive cleaning IMO.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The way I look at a possible cleaned coin is if it is old and no dirt at all inbetween numbers and letters, most likely cleaned. A Dime is small and the letters/numbers are really small so dirt should really be inbetween letters such as a B or are where it gets trapped and mormal wear doesn't dislodge it easily.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 It would be difficult to tell with a coin that's almost a hundred year old, at what time period when it was dipped, perhaps more than once. Bad dipping will lose luster and becomes dull, more for uncirculated coins. From the photos, looks to be EF-45 and can be AU-50. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I do not see any immediate indicators of a cleaning, at worst it might have received a light dip at some point. I would not expect there to be any dirt in the devices as it is a solid EF coin with luster still present in the protected areas. Besides that, a soaking in acetone would remove any dirt buildup anyway so that is not always the best indicator of a cleaning.
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Pillar of the Community
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All the answers so far pretty much go over all the possibilities and specifics so I'd just like to add that I don't see enough evidence to convict this coin of a cleaning. If you get the light just right, you might even be able to observe some semblance of a cartwheel effect. I'm not even sure if it's ever been dipped. I think it's a very nice coin and I'd probably pay full "fair market value" for it in the correct grade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
870 Posts |
It doesn't look improperly cleaned to me
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4132 Posts |
It looks a little bright, but that could just be the lighting or something. I don't see large amounts of obvious hairlines or anything.
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Valued Member
United States
466 Posts |
great looking coin and like others said, I don't see any hairline scratches or any smoothed off surfaces
I would love a coin like this in my album
I'm drooling over this picture
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Does not seem like a cleaned coin to me.
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Valued Member
United States
140 Posts |
I've seen some pretty bad examples of improper cleaning, this however doesn't seem to fit those.
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Posted 10/12/2011 8:43 pm
