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chronos Pillar of the Community Lebanon 505 Posts	Posted 01/22/2020 4:08 pm Hello, Do you think these coins are cleaned or not? And what would you grade them considering the observe only A seller send me those pics (the coins are Lebanon 50 piastres 1933,1936 and 25piastres ) Edited by chronos 01/22/2020 4:09 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Silver101 Pillar of the Community Canada 1081 Posts	Posted 01/22/2020 7:57 pm It's a little hard to be certain from those pictures. However silver oxidizes over time and tarnishes...old silver coins are therefore almost always toned which those aren't. That's often a tell-tale sign. Another is fine little scratches that tend to sort of align with each other - these occur when a coin is scrubbed but can usually only be seen under magnification. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 01/25/2020 06:37 am I find it difficult to think those are not cleaned. Very old coins should have some dirt inside or near letters and numbers. Those have none. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 01/25/2020 07:38 am Luster looks to be reasonably undisturbed. Perhaps it was cleaned with acetone, but acetone is unable to remove patina, so I guess that there wasn't much patina to begin with. I have no idea how to grade these, but my guess is that they may be around AU condition, and thus one of the reasons for not having a patina. Report this Post to the Staff
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