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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Scrubbed would better describe what was done to that coin. What a shame.
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Rest in Peace
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Pillar of the Community
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Scrubbed sounds like an excellent term.
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Wowser. Whatever power tool was used on that coin, the lights dimmed throughout the neighborhood when they turned it on.
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Pillar of the Community
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Not only the scratches but look at the shipping costs.
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Pillar of the Community
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That shipping cost is to make sure you get your hunk o junk extra fast!
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Pillar of the Community
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Harshly cleaned and no mention of it in the listing.
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Pillar of the Community
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The huge shipping cost is so you can't return without taking a huge hit in the wallet I bet.
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Rest in Peace
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A classic example of why rule #1 is don't clean coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Sort of looks like whoever did that used some sort of pummace material. Wire brushed might have only gone one way but those lines are all over the place. What a mistake that cleaning attempt was.
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Pillar of the Community
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A classic example of why rule #1 is don't clean coins. What?!?! I shouldn't jump all over this baby?  |
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Can't tell if it was 120 or 150 grit  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It's funny... I read all the comments above mine here before I actually looked at the pic of the coin... from the harsh comments, I expected not to be able to even make out what type of coin it was, lol. Yeah, it has scratches, but it's not disfigured or anything. To me it looks as if they cleaned it with steel wool, like maybe a SOS cleaning pad.  The seller should have pointed out the fact that the coin was cleaned. Probably a classic case of a non-collector thinking they were improving the coin by making it shine again. What a shame. |
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Melt...that's it.
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