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Valued Member
United States
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Hey guys My grandma got me a couple cool older coins for my late birthday but I was curious about one of them! I have only been collecting for about 7 months now and I was just curious if this Morgan had been cleaned? I don't know how to tell if it's just in REALLY good shape or has been cleaned up. And if you all could just ballpark a value of it! (A beautiful piece of history nonetheless!) Regards all, Trevor.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2368 Posts |
It is lightly cleaned, so yes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1003 Posts |
I would say it was a long time ago from these photos.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1132 Posts |
You can generally tell if a coin has been cleaned by inspecting the dated area and/or the mint mark. It's difficult to get dirt out of the interior of 9', 8's, 0's, P's & D's. If it's not the same color there as it is the rest of the coin, it's safe to say it's been cleaned at some point.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3755 Posts |
I see nothing that screams cleaned at me. Lightly circulated with some heavy hits, but cleaned? Cant say for sure.
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Valued Member
South Africa
453 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
Possibly.
The surfaces are rather dull.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2815 Posts |
Yeah, I can't really tell based on those photos. All of the luster appears to be gone, but this could just be from circulation. Can't say for sure.
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Valued Member
 United States
153 Posts |
Thank you all for your input!
Regardless, I consider myself very fortunate to have such a beautiful piece!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1132 Posts |
You don't want that ratty old thing. Let me send you my address & I will dispose of it for you...in my safe.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1536 Posts |
I don't see anything that screams cleaned either but cleaning detection is difficult and often people judge a coin to be cleaned that hasn't been because of issues can that occur other ways.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1277 Posts |
I believe it has been. The coloring around the "E Pluribus Unum" and "USoA" is an indicator
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Moderator
 United States
16679 Posts |
For that level of preservation, it looks lackluster to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1536 Posts |
I am not saying earlier that it is always hard to tell if a coin has been cleaned. There are coins where it was obvious like little scratches, or an unnatural color like coppers that are orange, or coins with no luster that are really shiny like they have been polished.
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Valued Member
United States
153 Posts |
Thank you all for your responses!
I am still learning :P
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4691 Posts |
Looks cleaned to me. Still a nice coin.
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Posted 07/22/2014 10:09 pm
