German East Africa Coin : Cleaned Or Not?

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brokencompass Valued Member United States 451 Posts	Posted 11/15/2010 01:05 am Learning to identify Cleaned coins. This appears to be cleaned. What do you folks think? Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 11/15/2010 01:28 am Cleaned or not, that is an excellent picture of an excellent coin. It looks au naturel to me! Report this Post to the Staff
SeriousCERES Valued Member United States 365 Posts	Posted 11/15/2010 04:08 am From these pictures, it'd be pretty difficult to be certain one way or another. Anyway to get a close-up of your coin? Report this Post to the Staff
Jeff 11 Valued Member United Kingdom 488 Posts	Posted 11/15/2010 09:14 am Hard to say for sure from pictures, but does look like there are some hairline scratches on both sides, esp. the Obverse, which could indicate cleaning. Still a nice piece though - quite a lot of DOA coins I have handled, which is several hundred this year, turn up with cleaning or more major damage. Yours looks like a decent one. www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk Report this Post to the Staff
brokencompass Valued Member United States 451 Posts	Posted 11/15/2010 11:43 am Sel_691: Yes! Very beautiful indeed! Jeff : What is a DOA coin? Deutsch Ostafrika? Here's the actual coin. http://cgi.ebay.com/German-East-Afr...t_500wt_1156 It is much larger on ebay, not able to upload bigger pictures on CCF. Report this Post to the Staff
Zaggy Valued Member Australia 432 Posts	Posted 11/21/2010 06:20 am My opinion, hard to say if it has been cleaned, but its also hard to call it 'About UNC'... More like 'About EF'... Report this Post to the Staff
wheatguy Pillar of the Community United States 1534 Posts	Posted 11/21/2010 11:51 am If there's nice luster in hand it would most likely be AU and original, although that's hard to tell from the pics. Report this Post to the Staff
snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 11/21/2010 12:34 pm When buying on ebay I always assume the worst. To me the hairlines on the obverse look like cleaning. I also feel that the starting bid is above retail for that coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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