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Pillar of the Community
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I'm looking for opinions on this 1851 Half Cent as to whether it has been cleaned. I think it has, but I'm still learning to determine this on old coppers. It's high grade, but the lighter areas around the bust and the protected areas don't look like original mint red to me. What are people's opinions on it? Thanks for helping me learn. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1851-Half-C...em4ad43fc9b4Paul Bulgerin
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I would say it has an older cleaning. Notice how the color differs around the stars, letters, and other hard to reach places in comparison with the fields.
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Moderator
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 to me, it looks cleaned in the past |
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Pillar of the Community
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Yep cleaned  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the responses. It's good to see I'm getting better at spotting cleaned coppers. I still have a LOT to learn, though.
Paul Bulgerin
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Valued Member
United States
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Lots of hairlines, definitely cleaned at some point.
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Pillar of the Community
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Rule 31:
If you have to ask, then yes, it has been cleaned.
Rule #2:
See Rule #1
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like an old cleaning to me. Still some nice eye appeal IMO.
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like an old cleaning to me. Still some nice eye appeal IMO.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have recently developed a copper coin cleaner that imparts no patina or cartwheel effect change to copper alloy and that can effectively clean copper coins.
Contact me privately if you are seriously looking for a good copper coin cleaner. My old formula Coin Care ran out so I took to the laboratory to produce a good copper coin cleaner - after a year I think I found it. Its 2 oz. bottle & $40.00.
John Lorenzo
United States
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Posted 05/01/2014 10:00 pm
