POLL: Is this Barber quarter cleaned?

Dave99B · February 20, 2007 9:09AM

Yes or no? I'm interested in what others think....Thx!

kiyote · February 20, 2007 9:18AM

Yeah, offhand, yeah...

ARCO · February 20, 2007 9:19AM

It looks what I term "wiped". Most of the original coloring is there, but it looks like it was rubbed enough to remove the dirt from a lot of the design features and fields of the obverse and from the design on the reverse. It really wouldn't matter that much, but you usually get hairlines from strong wiping, or existing hairlines that the wiping exposes. It does have pretty nice color however.

Looks like it could be a keeper.

Tyler

TomB · February 20, 2007 9:21AM

Yes.

TennesseeDave · February 20, 2007 9:22AM

Obviously the experts at PCGS didn't think so.(at least not harshly)They do not slab harshly cleaned coins.

jdimmick · February 20, 2007 9:28AM

Yes,
Lightened up(dirt removed) original color gone of the devices and adjacent mid fields (obv)

MFH · February 20, 2007 9:33AM

I would call this coin "brushed".

Dave, you have the image of one of my 1918/7-S quarters in a SEGS AU 58 - 90% FH holder.
Both coins have the same look.

Preussen · February 20, 2007 9:33AM

Yup, it looks cleaned. -Preussen

291fifth · February 20, 2007 9:43AM

It appears to have been burnished to remove overall dark toning. In my opinion, it should have been bodybagged.

Stuart · February 20, 2007 9:43AM

Yes

BECOKA · February 20, 2007 9:43AM

If a coin is lightly cleaned PCGS will (net grade?) grade coins that were in an era when it was acceptable to clean coins. Especially the more rare coins. They will not grade harshly cleaned coins.

stockwiz · February 20, 2007 9:44AM

yes... too bad too.. I love em when they start getting really dark black like that.

Sunnywood · February 20, 2007 9:45AM

I do not believe this can be accurately assessed from an image. However, I think most would agree that based on this image the coin in the image appears to have been cleaned.

Best,
Sunnywood

PonyExpress8 · February 20, 2007 10:22AM

Always a bit tough from a picture but the fields in front of the eye and nose looks somewhat suspicious.

Hairlines do show up in slabs at times.

Myqqy · February 20, 2007 11:02AM

I would bet yes...

seemyauction · February 20, 2007 11:10AM

Maybe its NC.......Natural Clean.....lol

AL

Elcontador · February 20, 2007 11:15AM

Lots of Bust $s have this (cleaned) look but they are slabbed because if they weren't (slabbed), there wouldn't be many slabbed Bust $s around. This is not the case with Barber Qtrs, and for that reason, I'd pass on this one.

The fact that this coin is on Teletrade imo is reason alone to think it is suspect.

ricko · February 20, 2007 11:17AM

Yes... Cheers, RickO

remumc · February 20, 2007 11:21AM

I agree with Sunnywood!

Regards,

Wayne

BobaFett72 · February 20, 2007 11:24AM

yup. def. going with the herd on this one, but its still an attractive coin, especially the reverse. gorgeous coins when they are dark

pb2y · February 20, 2007 12:06PM

LOOKS OK

Barberman55 · February 20, 2007 11:19PM

I agree with Tyler (ARCO) 100%.

MrBreeze · February 20, 2007 11:23PM

It's cleaned and practically ruined. Don't even think of bidding on it. It's terrible.

Prethen · February 20, 2007 11:58PM

I'm must shocked that they called it a VF35. It looks like a barely made it VF to me.

TheRaven · February 21, 2007 12:22AM

Would really have to see this coin in hand to really tell I believe.....

I like dark barbers so I might pass on it for that reason.....

MFH · February 26, 2007 1:59PM

Well, someone paid $190 [ plus buyers fees ] for this coin tonight on Teletrade.

Obviously, this person didn't think this coin was tampered with.

I guess that as long as you like what you've bought is what really matters.

mirabela · February 26, 2007 2:04PM

<< <i>Well, someone paid $190 [ plus buyers fees ] for this coin tonight on Teletrade.

Obviously, this person didn't think this coin was tampered with.

I guess that as long as you like what you've bought is what really matters >>

Or someone believed that the holder actually means it hasn't been cleaned.

Without the coin in hand I can't be sure, but it certainly looks like it has been to me. And I have definitely seen cleaned coins in PCGS holders (as have I inside NGC and old, non-net ANACS holders as well).

Shamika · February 26, 2007 2:21PM

From the way it looks in the image, I'd say definitely.

mozin · February 26, 2007 5:24PM

I would think PCGS body bag. If I submitted it, a certain bag.

coinkat · February 26, 2007 10:09PM

The coin fails my original surfaces designation test.

bluelobster · February 26, 2007 10:27PM

Curiously, how many coins do you people, that have been around coins awhile think that coins which are 100 years old were NOT "lightly cleaned" I'd guess @3% and that may be high.

IMHO, I really think it just comes down to how and how much cleaned, not if it was ever cleaned at all.

POLL: Is this Barber quarter cleaned?

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