Has this coin been cleaned?
Panda4456
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I was told this is an au 1909 s/s peso. Based on the photos, do you think this coin has been cleaned? Sorry the photos aren’t the best but you guys are good at this.
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Best I can tell from those photos is a solid maybe
I am 100% certain that maybe is correct haha
I don't know but if it were mine I would remove all doubt and clean it.
A nice clean wire brush will take care of that (not)
I’m gunna say cleaned or environmental damage ( perhaps some acidic compounds).
I might scrub er up.
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It might be from a stay in the ocean. I believe (not certain) that many coins ended up in the bay at Manilla during WW2.
If it has not been cleaned, it should be....
Well, at least a judicious acetone soak, then evaluate further. Cheers, RickO
If it's a valuable rare coin, it may be worth the cost of getting it professionally conserved and slabbed at one of the major grading services. If it's a low value coin, a soak in acetone wouldn't hurt it and may actually help it by possibly removing whatever is on this coin.
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I would say yes in left field of both obverse and reverse (even a small area of coin cleaned makes it cleaned)
the parallel small scratches are the visible sign - a slim chance what I am seeing are die clashes (hit another die)
or die polish (mint sandpapered the die which causes RAISED lines in fields)
of course you can never be sure from a picture and some coins having both die polish and cleaning are confusing
Start with the acetone dip and go from there.
Wayne
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