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Is this coin cleaned?

JobessiJobessi Posts: 267 ✭✭✭
edited August 9, 2023 9:13AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I feel something is off with this barber quarter. Do you think it has been cleaned? (auction’s photos)


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    World67World67 Posts: 13,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes

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    JJMJJM Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes

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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 12,106 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cleaned yes, market acceptable? Maybe. If it was polished, as it looks like it may have been, then no.

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    spyglassdesignspyglassdesign Posts: 1,634 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably. The luster seems off in the photos.

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks whizzed or buffed. Unfortunately.

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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,473 ✭✭✭✭✭

    definitely altered surfaces.

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    TrampTramp Posts: 967 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sure appear to be.

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    Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 9,788 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 9, 2023 11:42AM

    Would say it’s freshly dipped. I don’t see any definite cleaning abrasions, marks. Think it’s a dipped AU he’s trying get MS money for? That’s a common scenario.

    CPG for AU is $136, MS60 $260.

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    johnny010johnny010 Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From personal experience definitely dipped…

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    MFeldMFeld Posts: 16,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 9, 2023 11:51AM

    @Cougar1978 said:
    Would say it’s freshly dipped. I don’t see any definite cleaning abrasions, marks. Think it’s a dipped AU he’s trying get MS money for? That’s a common scenario.

    CPG for AU is $136, MS60 $260.

    Based on the images provided, the coin isn’t merely dipped. Many people mistakenly think that cleaning always results in easy-to-see cleaning lines/hairlines.

    Edited to add: Often, the primary evidence of cleaning is an unnatural sheen on the coin.

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    sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 3,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Abrasive cleaning causes hairlines while dipping does not. Different, unnatural looks, both impairing or obliterating luster of the original surface, depending on severity.

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 41,520 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @sellitstore said:
    Abrasive cleaning causes hairlines while dipping does not. Different, unnatural looks, both impairing or obliterating luster of the original surface, depending on severity.

    Depends on the fineness of the grit. Cleaning with a fine grit compound won't leave visible hairlines.

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    Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,917 ✭✭✭✭✭

    AGC MS66+ :p

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