Can you intentionally "circulate" a cleaned coin?

NHSBaseball

I'm sure this is probably a dumb question, but if you carry a coin as a pocket piece that has been either cleaned or whizzed, eventually would the cleaning marks rub off from wear? If so, how many grades would be lost in the process? For example, if I carried a cleaned or whizzed Walking Liberty with AU details with my pocket change, at what point would the evidence of cleaning wear off? VF? F? VG? Fair?
Second Question- If this were done successfully, would it be ethical to later have the coin slabbed? Further, if it were slabbed, would it be ethical to sell the coin?

cladking

A light cleaning can disappear from mere exposure to air for a while. This especially
applies to copper.

A heavy cleaning will usually need to wear down half a grade or more and a very heavy
one a full grade or even a little more.

Whizzing can be extreme. If it's polished then it will still show up in the low areas even
after losing a couple grades.

The amount of metal loss isn't consistent across all grades and series. These are averages
and it eradicating surface damage is dependent on the natural sloughing off of the metal.

Zoins

I don't see anything wrong with getting a coin slabbed after all the problems have been worn away.

PrivateCoinCollector

What about overdipped Morgans! Have seen a million of those I would loved to unclean!

Deadhorse

I've used cleaned Morgans as a pocket piece, rarer date ones, that is.

They went from a body bag to a slab. They also went a grade, perhaps two grades lower, but still a profitable venture given certain circumstances.

Whizzing is another thing altogether. Never tried that as it took 3-4 months with the others and I think whizzing just about ruins the coin.

I do have a '21 Peace that was whizzed, got it cheap for that reason, $20 if I remember correctly. It might take years in my pocket and by then would be lucky to grade out as good. It's a pretty severe whizzing!

Frankcoins

<< <i>I don't see anything wrong with getting a coin slabbed after all the problems have been worn away. >>



Bur in your heart, you know you sinned....

Yale68

I carry 3 lightly cleaned AU Morgans in my pocket at all times. I look at them under magnification daily, and after about two weeks they are ready to be removed/replaced and sent to PCGS for slabbing. I see nothing wrong with the practice. Of course it only makes sense to do it with the rarer dates, and I even did it sucessfully with an 89-cc.

ricko

A large coin in your pocket with about a dozen dimes... works wonders. However, YOU will always know.... Cheers, RickO

yellowjacket

Who knows the complete history of a coin? All you can go on is the current "snapshot" grade. So what if it has been cleaned in the past? If the circulation has removed the problem, grade it as is. There's no "sinning" or "unethical treatment" here.

Garrow