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United States
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Nice huh?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would love to find out who did that. My car needs a good polishing.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'd say it's been cleaned , the left ear is worn and the light on the right it's hard too see.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If you like highly polished coins it's nice. LOL
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
594 Posts |
Buffed those wheat lines right out.
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Moderator
 United States
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Ouch ... I'm hoping you did not post this expecting acknowledgement of a fine coin.  Horribly cleaned .... worthless to a collector. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Valued Member
 United States
289 Posts |
*** Edited by Staff | The bad word filter is in place for a reason. Bypassing the filter and making the intended word obvious anyway is completely unacceptable. *** I would have never know I am not new but I am also not old to coin collecting. I have like 2 months of experience Can someone tell me how to tell if its cleaned?
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Valued Member
United States
337 Posts |
makes me look at my BU finds from circulation
should I just look for detail or lack there of for cleaning issues?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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eric273...for one thing,look at the wear on the wheat ears.....when you first posted this, I thought you were being sarcastic because it is that obvious  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Ain't Brasso great stuff! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1204 Posts |
The turtle wax from Autozone can do wonder on my old dodge and works very good to harshly wax clean coins !
We need a sunglasses to look at this one lol !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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eric,
See Lincoln's ear, the jacket lines, the wheat stalks for wear. Factor in the general fuzziness. Compare it side by side with several other wheaties and you'll probably notice much less wear on less shiny cents. Then the question becomes, how does the 53-S become more shiny with more wear? Through cleaning. In this case, the smoothed out/damaged surfaces, lack of sharpness, and non-natural shine all indicate polishing. That might not be the best explanation, but I hope you can see some of the things that indicate cleaned/polished.
"Horribly cleaned .... worthless to a collector."
Rude. Wrong.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Excellent explanation, to a new collector, OneBowl.  |
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United States
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"Horribly cleaned .... worthless to a collector."
Rude. Wrong. I am man enough to admit that is correct and I offer to you eric273 my personal apology.  OneBowl has given you some good advise ... and with experience and learning you will gain the fundamental knowledge that is necessary for success as a collector. I appreciate the enthusiasm you have shown for your 'finds' and your willingness to share them .... please continue to show photos and ask question as that is how we all learn! If I could go back in time .... I would re-state my original reply as follows .... eric this coin which is so appealing to you has been cleaned as evidenced by the wear to a VF condition state and obvious shiny surfaces that are not consistent with the level of wear. I suspect it has been cleaned with a commercial chemical like 'Brasso' This coin is shunned by most collectors and has little value except for the base metal value.Keep on posting eric ... again my apologies for the inappropriate reply to a new and valued CCF family member. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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United States
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Thank you nickelsearcher (David) :)
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