3 Lincoln Cent For Grading - Cleaned Or Not Cleaned?

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Treasureman New Member United States 15 Posts	Posted 01/10/2019 2:49 pm Have not been having much luck on sending Lincoln cents in for grading. Of the last 3 I sent to PCGS, 2 came back Cleaned AU details. Trying to get better at identifying the characteristics of cleaned coins. Here are 3 Lincoln Cents photographed. I see on the first one, different color around the words. Was wondering if that is a sign. The last one shows, what appears to be streaking on the coin. Thoughts and comments greatly appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/10/2019 3:08 pm 63 RB but possibly rubbed, AU-58 and no grade w/o reverse pic. to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog 01/10/2019 3:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Treasureman New Member United States 15 Posts	Posted 01/10/2019 4:36 pm Here is the missing photo for the last cent Report this Post to the Staff
Illegaltender Pillar of the Community United States 634 Posts	Posted 01/10/2019 4:38 pm Perhaps slight rubbing or maybe a dip. They don't seem "cleaned" persay to me. Report this Post to the Staff
GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 01/10/2019 4:48 pm The 1909S is cleaned, maybe not the others Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19961 Posts	Posted 01/10/2019 5:38 pm 09 - 64RB, looks just slightly off in color in the reverse middle. It may have had an old cleaning, those tones/colors are typical of that...so it's questionable. 31D- Tough coin to find in red. Coloring is quite uneven, it may have been cleaned at some point as someone probably wanted a full red coin and these are very hard to find in MS red. MS-63 09S - Looks great to me, some woodgraining. Looks like someone removed something from the reverse though, right wheat stalk & near the bottom of the left stalk, ....close call for that. MS-64 Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Edited by BadThad 01/10/2019 5:40 pm Report this Post to the Staff
ty88ty2 Pillar of the Community United States 772 Posts	Posted 01/10/2019 7:05 pm The only one questionable to me is the 1909. Its got some weird coloring as noted above. The rest look great! Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 01/10/2019 9:08 pm Actually all 3 coins look off color to me . Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36777 Posts	Posted 01/11/2019 12:06 pm All three look like unnatural surfaces, so cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
Treasureman New Member United States 15 Posts	Posted 01/12/2019 07:00 am Thanks to ALL for the info!! I picked up an entire Lincoln Cent collection in AU to BU conditions, and it looks like most of the earlier coins have been cleaned/dipped at some time. Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 01/13/2019 12:14 pm All look like they have questionable surfaces. Un-cleaned coins are much more desirable and are easier to find. You have a better chance of getting an uncleaned coin if you purchase coins that are straight graded by a TPG. Report this Post to the Staff
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