Have I found the cleaning on this coin?

Fairlaneman

On the Obverse it looks to me that just below the Y of Liberty going through AW, the Date and the very bottom of Miss Liberties Neck is the cleaned spot. Do you see any other signs of cleaning on the Obverse or Reverse?

Thanks Much.

Mr_Spud

That appears to be the area where it was abrasively cleaned. It also might have been less abrasively cleaned between the T and Y also also maybe in front of libertys nose. But the hairlines appearance in the area you noted is what would give it a details grade for cleaning in my opinion

PerryHall

I'm certain the cleaned area will display obvious hairlines when examined under a halogen lamp while tilting and rotating the coin.

airplanenut

The lighting could be hiding more, but when opening this thread and before reading anything you wrote, my eye was immediately drawn to the area between 1917 and AW as appearing problematic.

JimW

It also looks like perhaps a minor case of graffiti that looks like 'A' between the T and Y? Maybe there was an attempt to lessen that characteristic?

CalifornianKing

Looks like it. There is abrassion between the Y and the date.

pursuitofliberty

That's where it looks like Ken. Before I read your post, I saw it, so I'm pretty sure that's the primary spot. Second glance and I don't see anything else suspect

Wahoo554

That’s all I see in the pictures. Pretty coin regardless.

dcarr

I can see the hairlines near the date, at an angle of about 45 degrees (counter-clock-wise) from horizontal.
I think someone, at one time, probably rubbed a pencil eraser across that area so they could see the date more easily.

Raybo

It's obvious...NOT!

Jimnight

Looks like it.

ricko

That is the area that jumps out when first looking at the coin. The coin looks as if it has been dipped in something and allowed to dry and tarnish to hide surface imperfections... JMO.... I could be wrong on that, but from the pictures, even magnified, that is my impression. Cheers, RickO