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Is there any way to "unclean" a coin that has been bb for "cleaning"? There are no hair lines on the coin.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,771 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Is there any way to "unclean" a coin that has been bb for "cleaning"? There are no hair lines on the coin. >>



    Got any pics? What is the nature of the cleaning? Perhaps carrying it as a pocket piece for awhile will erase any traces of a cleaning.

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  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Difficult to do without sacrificing grade.
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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 35,469 ✭✭✭✭✭
    dip = cleaned?
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  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
    To me it looks like a coin that has no luster and some contact marks.
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>To me it looks like a coin that has no luster and some contact marks. >>



    They also kill them for over dipping will not be hair-lined but dull with no luster at all. Have also seen some of these get AU50 grades too.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,771 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>dip = cleaned? >>



    No, but over-dipping is considered cleaned because it will leave dull lifeless surfaces.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,109 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>dip = cleaned? >>



    No, but over-dipping is considered cleaned because it will leave dull lifeless surfaces. >>

    thats about it
  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    The only way I know of is to make it a pocket piece.....image
    Becky
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are ways, but grade usually suffers.....Cheers, RickO

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