Has This 1894-S Barber Half Been Cleaned

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1949-S Valued Member United States 56 Posts	Posted 01/19/2026 03:03 am Am I correct in that this coin has been cleaned. Had to edit the seller's image and it brought out what you see. If it has not been cleaned, what grade would you give the coin? If it has how much (%) do you think the penalty might be? Thanks! Edited by 1949-S 01/19/2026 03:09 am Report this Post to the Staff

nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15395 Posts	Posted 01/19/2026 05:02 am Yes, harshly cleaned IMO. Likely grades F12/F15 details, cleaned. Even though it's a semi-key date, to me it's a bullion coin now, worth the weight of the silver. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Edited by nickelsearcher 01/19/2026 05:05 am Report this Post to the Staff
Mrhakfbacon Pillar of the Community United States 574 Posts	Posted 01/19/2026 08:43 am I initially read "1894-S barber" and almost had a heart attack. But yeah, F12 cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
ericgreen Pillar of the Community United States 1510 Posts	Posted 01/19/2026 08:56 am Fine is way too low. AU - Details Polished/Cleaned Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11880 Posts	Posted 01/19/2026 10:04 am I think that this coin is fake. There are some markers that are not right on this coin. To start, we look at WE at the top of the obverse. Particularly the top serifs in the W and the E. In the subject coin, the top serif is five times thicker. Some flattening can occur, but in the E there is not enough metal where the vertical line meets the top serif to expand that widely. The date looks wrong to me. In particular, the vertical line in the 4. In the subject coin, it is thinner than in the real coin below. But if you look at the diagonal line of the 4, it is thicker in the subject coin. Look at the I in "IN GOD WE..." The bottom serif is extremely thick and there is not enough metal there to expand that thick. The top feathers in the wings of the eagle are fully separated in the subject coin. Looks XF40 but the shield is weak in the reverse and other parts of the coin do not indicate an XF coin compared with a real VF30 coin reverse in the image below this one. The wear pattern is suspect. 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
NumismaticsFTW Pillar of the Community United States 2281 Posts	Posted 01/19/2026 9:08 pm NS beat me to it. 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
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10491 Posts	Posted 01/19/2026 9:38 pm Quote: I think that this coin is fake. Yes! The date is not even close to the real date. Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10491 Posts	Posted 01/19/2026 9:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
1949-S Valued Member United States 56 Posts	Posted 01/20/2026 02:52 am Thanks everyone. It's nice to be able to ask questions like this. I was focused on cleaning and, now that they're pointed out I should have spotted them, particularly the date. Report this Post to the Staff
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