How can a cleaned coin be original?

ER · February 27, 2006 2:06PM

1840 Seated Dollar, cleaned, original

Bochiman · February 27, 2006 2:09PM

Original cleaning....no Artificial Cleaning for us!!!

DIMEMAN · February 27, 2006 2:10PM

It sure looks nice to me.

ER · February 27, 2006 2:11PM

with a bonus fingerprint.

michael · February 27, 2006 2:13PM

nankraut · February 27, 2006 2:19PM

Well....it's an original coin that's been cleaned, like most of those old ones are. The TPG's don't always note if they've been cleaned or not. IMHO, cleaning isn't necessarily a bad thing. All depends on how it was cleaned, and what it now looks like.

TommyType · February 27, 2006 3:36PM

How can a cleaned coin be original?

Well, the only valid way I can see is if it was released by the U.S. Mint after being cleaned by them!

Were't there some Sacagawea's that had some "special treatment" that basically equated to cleaning?

(I know....I probably spelled Sacxxx wrong.....too lazy to check).

garsmith · February 27, 2006 4:25PM

When they cleaned it they should have removed the fingerprint.

numobri · February 27, 2006 4:36PM

Brian

PerryHall · February 27, 2006 4:40PM

<< How can a cleaned coin be original? >>

How can a tarnished coin be original?

numobri · February 27, 2006 5:15PM

Just my thoughts;

Tonning is like aging,if your 5 years old and are very toned,you've had a hard a hard life. If your 100 years old and lightly toned,you didn't do bad. If you are 200 years and not toned at all,you are very clean(ed).

Sorry,just thinking.

Brian

ER · February 27, 2006 5:48PM

Good thinking, Brian.

291fifth · February 27, 2006 9:31PM

Cleaning is another of those numismatic terms that has never been clearly defined. Perhaps this is a coin that has never been dipped and has its original toning, but has had surface dirt removed with something like Goo-Gone.

The seller needs to provide more information on just what "cleaned" means. From the photos, the coin looks nice.

VamGuy · February 27, 2006 10:30PM

<< The seller needs to provide more information on just what "cleaned" means. >>

Actually, it's the grading company that needs to define cleaned. The seller provided their opinion of the coin as a MS-62+.

rmoss · February 27, 2006 10:36PM

Maybe it was "Curated" and not cleaned. That word worked for all the coins off that sunken ship. Can't remember the name of it now, the SS something or other.

gyocomgd · February 27, 2006 10:38PM

<< How can a cleaned coin be original? >>

The hardwood floors in my house are original, and they've been scrubbed, waxed an polished a thousand times.

carl · February 27, 2006 11:07PM

Also note that this is a SOLID coin and not one of those hollow ones. Wonder what the + after the MS62 means?
Think this is one of them there originally cleaned coins and not one of the later cleaned ones whatever that may mean.

CoinHusker · February 28, 2006 12:05AM

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<< How can a cleaned coin be original? >>

How can a tarnished coin be original?

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I thought of the same thing. How can a NT coin be called original either?

ziggy29 · February 28, 2006 12:18AM

Quite an oxymoron. But as far as Seated dollars goes, this one looks closer to original than most. I think 98% of them have been cleaned and/or dipped to hell and back. I made the mistake of passing on a very nice AU-58 seated dollar offered by RCNH a few months ago which would have been great in my type set. Even if I have to eat ramen noodles for three months, I won't make that mistake again.

How can a cleaned coin be original?

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