Does this looked cleaned to you?

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Meltdown
Meltdown Posts: 9,284 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I sent this one to our hosts a while back. I don't know what to think of the cleaned designation... AU Details.
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  • Type2
    Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks flat. Any luster on it?



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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Obverse looks cleaned and retoned

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  • Meltdown
    Meltdown Posts: 9,284 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Type2 said:
    Looks flat. Any luster on it?

    Yes, but it's subdued.. also, it's really friggin tiny.

  • PTVETTER
    PTVETTER Posts: 6,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    market acceptable !

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  • Type2
    Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Ya they are. I see some hair lines on the rev just above the 3 ones. They may have seen that.



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  • telephoto1
    telephoto1 Posts: 4,966 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Obverse has been cleaned but the entire coin has been retoned from a bottle imo. Evidence- look at the spot they missed near the rim at roughly 3:00 on the reverse.


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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I will say cleaned.... signs around the letters..... Cheers, RickO

  • TPRC
    TPRC Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 7, 2022 10:54AM
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    If it is not hairlined (I cannot see any hairlines), I think it should grade somewhere.

    Tom

  • Barberian
    Barberian Posts: 4,643 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @telephoto1 said:
    Obverse has been cleaned but the entire coin has been retoned from a bottle imo. Evidence- look at the spot they missed near the rim at roughly 3:00 on the reverse.

    That looks like a layer of toning that has chipped off the coin, rather than some toning agent that wasn't applies to that location on the coin.

  • Meltdown
    Meltdown Posts: 9,284 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I guess this is just one of those instances where I disagree with PCGS.
    It's easy on the internet to defend "how they may have determined cleaning" but it's completely market acceptable to my eyes... lightly AU, there is no dirt or gunk to see hidden in protected areas, absolutely no hairlines anywhere, decent luster and legitimate toning in my opinion.
    I will not send it back in, they got my money on this one and I got their 6 second opinion...

  • AMRC
    AMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Details: Scratched.

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  • DennisH
    DennisH Posts: 14,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yes it does. Lightly.

    When in doubt, don't.
  • 1madman
    1madman Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Rim dings on the reverse?

    Yes, cleaned for sure.

  • Cougar1978
    Cougar1978 Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 7, 2022 4:38PM
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    Yes - Cleaned.

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  • airplanenut
    airplanenut Posts: 22,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This is the kind of coin where true views can easily point the piece in a great light when it has an issue. Without seeing the coin in hand I can’t venture a real opinion. Being told it’s cleaned, I can see what I’d look at first in hand and justify it. If you told me it straight graded, I’d be able to justify that, too. A coin like this needs to be seen in hand. For what it’s worth, there are coins that I can photograph very similarly which are very harshly cleaned. Just a question of lighting.

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  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Meltdown said:
    I guess this is just one of those instances where I disagree with PCGS.
    It's easy on the internet to defend "how they may have determined cleaning" but it's completely market acceptable to my eyes... lightly AU, there is no dirt or gunk to see hidden in protected areas, absolutely no hairlines anywhere, decent luster and legitimate toning in my opinion.
    I will not send it back in, they got my money on this one and I got their 6 second opinion...

    It is a decent coin but the photos do look as though the coin was cleaned to most of us. It's at may worth considering that PCGS may be correct. As the saying goes, ownership always adds 2 points.

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