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"Cleaned or Not" Quiz..
I have been trying to understand how to identify cleaned coins and in this post I am going to post a bunch of coins so people in the forum can identify if they are cleaned or not.
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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yes, both looks previously cleaned   |
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Philippines
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Nice coin! the scuff marks should show through a 8x mg  |
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Canada
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They look cleaned. Post more coins pls.
Make it a quiz!
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Valued Member
United States
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Whether they've been cleaned or not, I'd suggest, doesn't really matter much in this case. Both suffer--or have suffered in the past at least--from some serious corrosion! There's nothing that cleaning could do to hide that or make up for the damage. The 1 centime is in pretty decent condition compared to the 2, but still it's obverse has had a tough time of it!
-SCS
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Valued Member
United States
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Cool! I will add more questions then!!   |
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United States
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United States
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A) Indian Large Cent
B) Indian Gold Dollar
c) German Mark
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Indian Head cent - not cleaned Indian gold Dol. - cleaned German mark - not cleaned
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Greece
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Sachsen 2 mark Jena University ms62-63.Is that correct
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Philippines
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that german mark is a beauty! hold on to it |
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United States
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@epop: It is a MS65! It is a beauty! I don't own it though :(
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United States
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These are exceptional coins, these three slabs. Wow!
If NGC didn't identify them as cleaned, then, for my money, they're probably not. One would have to get a look at 'em through a 10x loupe to be sure--I imagine that things get by PCGS or NGC from time to time. I think, though, that if anything they err on the side of caution.
-SCS
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Posted 11/11/2010 03:22 am
