1878-S Morgan Dollar, PL Or Is This Cleaned?

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SoundBeing Valued Member Germany 116 Posts	Posted 10/18/2022 09:56 am Picked this up today for what feels like a good price. With further inspection, I notice all these little lines that follow the circle of the coin in the flash photo. Is this the telltale sign of cleaning? You can't see this with the naked eye or even with the loop. Any insight would be appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/18/2022 09:58 am Looks cleaned to me. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Jakes Coins Pillar of the Community United States 735 Posts	Posted 10/18/2022 10:05 am agree, looks polished / cleaned I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set \| Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? Report this Post to the Staff
SoundBeing Valued Member Germany 116 Posts	Posted 10/18/2022 10:12 am I thought that to be the case. Ok. thank you! Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/18/2022 10:27 am Agree, definitely cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19935 Posts	Posted 10/18/2022 10:58 am The hairlines everywhere are a telltale sign of a harsh cleaning - especially when they extend across the devices. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18645 Posts	Posted 10/18/2022 12:40 pm the last photo you posted of the obv most definitely is showing signs of cleaning. looks like some type of mechanical cleaning took place possibly whizzed. UA details (cleaned) if you can return the coin I would Report this Post to the Staff
captainmandrake1 Pillar of the Community United States 878 Posts	Posted 10/18/2022 2:05 pm So sad they cleaned and polished it. Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19129 Posts	Posted 10/18/2022 3:12 pm Ouch! Yes, appears cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36678 Posts	Posted 10/20/2022 10:19 am AU details, harshly cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
JTCC Pillar of the Community United States 797 Posts	Posted 10/20/2022 11:54 am Yup, cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
fenton Pillar of the Community United States 4989 Posts	Posted 10/21/2022 9:57 pm Cleaned. The hairlines that extend from the fields through the devices are a giveaway. If it were die polishing, would only be in the fields. Report this Post to the Staff
NumismaticsFTW Pillar of the Community United States 2281 Posts	Posted 10/22/2022 03:50 am Cleaned/Polished. You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Report this Post to the Staff
Dapperd Valued Member Canada 88 Posts	Posted 10/23/2022 07:03 am Harshly cleaned. Note the common parallel long strokes/ scratches all going in the same direction on the obverse...too bad Report this Post to the Staff
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