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sgarten Valued Member United States 54 Posts	Posted 02/18/2011 08:17 am OK folks...the results are in. IMO, it was treated with some sort of acid. I don't do this, so I don't know what is typically used for polishing/dipping, but I do know that silver doesn't rust. So the brown spots (see pictures below) must be from some chemical treatment. Also, under magnification, I saw all sorts of imperfections (I used arrows to point out most of them). Have you seen this with other Barber coins? Like I said, this is my first real dealing with Barbers so I have no idea. Let me know what you guys think about what I should do with it. I'm thinking that I'll just return it, eat the shipping, and take the my medicine and the lesson. What do you think, though? Grade? Value? Report this Post to the Staff
Doucet Pillar of the Community United States 1315 Posts	Posted 02/18/2011 08:56 am IMO if a silver coin from this era has all the same dull, light, gray color , with no dark natural oxidation in amongst the details and no traces of luster, it's original surface has probably been altered. But, I have seen a few that look that way that have been slabbed with no mention of any cleaning. I guess it's just experience to know how to tell the difference. I have a number of Peace dollars that I thought looked just right for my set from the internet photos only to find out that when in hand they didn't look that way at all. Report this Post to the Staff
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