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vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 08/09/2009 3:22 pm This is personally my favorite U.S. coin design. I have acquired quite a few over the years and love em. Why did someone clean this coin! Beautiful coin otherwise. Just venting. Man! http://cgi.ebay.com/1857-Small-Lett...OW_W0QQitemZ 270437684157QQcategoryZ11942QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4810.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo=MW&its=C&itu=UCC&otn=13&ps=4 swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff

Gforce Valued Member United States 110 Posts	Posted 08/09/2009 3:28 pm Can I ask, without them telling you is there any way to tell that it has been cleaned? Report this Post to the Staff
collectall Pillar of the Community Canada 610 Posts	Posted 08/09/2009 3:47 pm The seller knows it was cleaned.As a professional coin dealer I DOUBT it was him/her that cleaned it. Edited by collectall 08/09/2009 3:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 08/09/2009 4:09 pm Quote: Can I ask, without them telling you is there any way to tell that it has been cleaned? Especially on the obverse pic, the parallel scratches running Northeast-Southwest on the coin are a dead giveaway. Report this Post to the Staff
hippiebrian Valued Member United States 436 Posts	Posted 08/09/2009 4:27 pm Makes me sick, but at least the dealer is honest about it. Nice to see that on ebay once and a while! Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 08/09/2009 5:39 pm Cleaning a coin creates friction and thus, small scratches upon the surfaces of the coin not to mention, on a MS or AU coin, impairs luster creating a "silky" or lack luster appearance. As Super pointed out, a dead giveaway. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
jfransch Pillar of the Community United States 1801 Posts	Posted 08/09/2009 6:45 pm Vermont, since these are your favorite coins, did you by chance make it to the ANA where booth 134 (PCGS) had the top registry set for flying eagles including all the varieties and a dozen or so pattern pieces? It was a mind blowing collection. 2 full dispaycases of high grade flyers Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 08/09/2009 10:51 pm I was at the ANA LA and did in fact check that out. I almost cried when I saw those coins. I had to leave pretty quick because I wanted to take them home with me ;-) I walked around the show with my mouth wide open. I was wondering why people were staring at me. Then I saw the Brasher Doubloon and almost fainted! swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 08/11/2009 09:30 am What so many people forget is that at one time, not to long ago, it was considered normal to clean coins. Any coins. If you had a coin collection and showed it to people they would almost always tell you to clean them so they would look prettier. And people did. Lots of times in some businesses people would bulk clean coins so that customers wouldn't think they handled dirty money there. Food type stores would do that. So it was really normal to clean coins some time ago. One reason so many older coins have been cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
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