1908 German states Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 2 marks

weresteve

At first I thought this might be a nice AU piece for my type set until I saw the pics ...

Lightly Cleaned

TwoKopeiki

Lightly cleaned .....


































... with 24-grit sandpaper

Preussen

I don't understand the concern...seller seems to have represented the coin honestly - From the auction description:

.... AU, lightly cleaned. A couple tiny rim nicks...

-Preussen

weresteve

I think Roman got the just of the "lightly cleaned" part ... it would have been nice to find an original uncleaned AU example, but this isn't one ...

doug60

Looks like a nice coin to me when you get one of that age you can expect some damage and I didn't notice that the cleaning hurt it to bad.

Rickc300

I wouldn't swear to it but I think I owned that coin a few years ago (I recall mine had a discoloration on the date and a few rim dings as well) I sold it when I got a replacement since what I thought was a PVC problem didn't clean up with acetone. Maybe someone cleaned it with a baking soda rub down after I sold it. The reverse doesn't seem to bad, which was the same with the one I owned. The obverse was a filmy green but the reverse was not to bad. If it is the same one, it is listed for less than I got for it back in 2004.
Rick