Never thought I would say this, but I dont care if a coin has been cleaned
TexasNationals
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I have a nice set if gold, been building a second set. The other day dealer offer me a "rare" let juts call it tough CC $5 gold piece in an old white anancs AU-58 holder. As I made an offer the dealer say. "you sure you want it it has been cleaned." Not wizzed, not brushed, not tooled, just an old light dip. I said yeas and the price was adjusted according to the slab. I keep seeing all of these threads on, looks good, old cleaning, we are talking 150-200 year old coins here. Some of my set is slabbed some is raw, but they are all great coins. If it is an attractive coin and I like it, then giddy up. I don't see many 200 year old coins that some one at some point messed with. Just my 2 cents.
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<< <i>A picture would help. However, if a dip, as opposed to a scrubbing with a wire brush, then it really is not a cleaning. Cheers, RickO >>
How can you tell the difference between a dip and a cleaning on gold coins?
Also, why isn't a dip considered to be a "cleaning?" Doesn't a dip also remove metal?
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<< <i>Lots of coins are dipped, but they generally are not noted as such on the slab. If ANACS noted it as "cleaned" then there was almost certainly more than a dip that happened to that coin in the past. If it wasn't noted as "cleaned" then it might very well have been dipped. >>
Very true, but it should be noted there are a lot of over dipped coins with no hairlines in cleand holders too(and graded ones).
Bowers lists this Oak Tree shilling as rare (Noe 4, URS-6, est. 17 to 32 known), but that’s not important because very few people collect these by die variety. The important part is that it is an Oak Tree shilling, which was issued circa 1660 – 1667. PCGS graded this EF-45. Only a little better than this, and the coin goes to 5 figures quite easily.
This Pine Tree shilling, Noe-1, is the most common large planchet variety (URS 11, est. 500 to 999 known), but it is considered to be most attractive variety. This one's sins are a bit more obvious, but the coins came as package deal which made the deal work. The large planchet Pine Tree shillings were issued from 1667 to 1675. This on is also a PCGS EF-45.
...cleaning is subjective.
...OOPS! i meant grading.