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I picked up an 1877 Indian Head penny that has a stain on it. It looks like a streak of black ink across the coin. What is the recommendation....have it professionally cleaned (if possible) or just live with it?
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I'm going to post the exact same thing I posted, the last time you asked the same question about the same coin:


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You're probably best off leaving it as-is. No way to tell what the color is from, or what the coin will look like underneath it - the mark might go away and leave a clean swath of coin, making it look obviously cleaned.


With that said, you'd added that question into a thread on a different topic so we'll leave this new thread intact because few saw you ask it the last time. Images would help.
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Pics? I'd probably leave it alone unless you know exactly what you're doing....and it doesn't sound like it.
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