1896-O Morgan...PCGS Says Its Cleaned. Can Anyone Help Me Understand Why?

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jlynes New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 5:55 pm It looks good to me please help me be able to spot this. Edited by jlynes 02/19/2018 5:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff

SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 6:06 pm The images make it difficult to tell if the coin is cleaned. I would trust PCGS and not purchase this coin if you are looking for a specimen with original surfaces. EDIT: I zoomed in to the images for a better view of the coin. The coin seems to be lacking luster. Looks cleaned. Edited by SilverDollar2017 02/19/2018 6:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 6:08 pm The lack of mint lustre is a huge clue that this coin has been dipped to death in either Jewel Lustre (or something similar). I agree with PCGS's assessment. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 6:37 pm Sharper pics of the coin's surfaces would help - can't see much here. to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog 02/19/2018 6:39 pm Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11898 Posts	Posted 02/19/2018 6:40 pm The surface is chalky white that is indicative of an overdipped coin. The acid in the dipping solution has removed most of the luster in the coin. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
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