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CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 09/03/2011 4:06 pm While I'm looking for the the right examples of key dates in the right condition for the right price, I'm picking up some of the other medium difficulty branch mint Mercury dimes when I see some I like. I want to make sure my own grading is calibrated, but on a few of these, I'm concerned they might have been cleaned. Not all the hairlines run in one direction (the lighting makes it look like that), but I don't know if they're just ordinary wear from being circulated or if I'm looking at a cleaned coin, or if I'm just being overly paranoid. I've got a couple others I'm posting with the same concerns. Report this Post to the Staff

muddler Pillar of the Community United States 7194 Posts	Posted 09/03/2011 5:00 pm Also VF the motto area does looked cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
rachums107 Pillar of the Community United States 3345 Posts	Posted 09/03/2011 5:05 pm i think that ones alright but man, it is SO annoying when people clean coins and its hard to tell but you dont think they were cleaned and then you find out they were and KABOOM! you are heartbroken Report this Post to the Staff
CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 09/03/2011 5:09 pm This is the most cleaned-looking of the group, but the '26-S is the one I am most paranoid about because it's the scarce one. In hand the other three don't look bad, but I don't want anything to do with cleaned coins in this set. Report this Post to the Staff
The_Duke Pillar of the Community United States 1745 Posts	Posted 09/03/2011 7:54 pm VF35, and the motto "In God we Trust" looks suspect. Report this Post to the Staff
3stooges Pillar of the Community United States 511 Posts	Posted 09/03/2011 7:57 pm If you don't mind, can you say who sold you this batch of cleaned Mercs? He looks like someone to avoid. Report this Post to the Staff
CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 09/03/2011 8:11 pm I'm gonna see how they handles the return before I start badmouthing them. They have a lot of positive feedback and very little negative. In hand they don't look to bad at first, so I can see how someone could make the mistake honestly if they deal in a large volume of coins (these seemed to have been all part of the same collection that was being broken up). Edited by CaptainFwiffo 09/03/2011 8:18 pm Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5832 Posts	Posted 09/03/2011 8:57 pm Poorly cleaned. F-VF-25 at best. Report this Post to the Staff
D0ubl3Eagle Pillar of the Community United States 5854 Posts	Posted 09/04/2011 12:03 am VF-30 details/cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
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