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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 10-22-2009, 12:48 AM   #1 (permalink) fretboard Defender of Old Coinage     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 808 My Mood: Blog Entries: 2 Has this coin been cleaned? I got this coin I really like and I like the way it looks too. Ok here it is, it's the only pic I have. It's a 5 pesos 1948 from Mexico. It has a Cuauhtemoc on the obverse and the Estados Unidos on the reverse with the eagle biting the snake. Very cool coin to me. So what y’all think? Has it been cleaned? It looks to me like a mechanic type person got it full of grease and wiped it off and luckily for me it turned out looking great, I don’t know. Anyone? Attached Thumbnails       10-22-2009, 01:58 AM   #2 (permalink) MissSasha Junior Member     Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 179 I think it's just toning. Does it feel greasy? __________________ Girls dig coins too! Successful trades/sales: Abe, illini420. Giveaways: regadon.   10-22-2009, 02:16 AM   #3 (permalink) Ripley Senior Member     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: California Posts: 770 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 It looks to me like the final stages of silver toneing brown to black. I would say it has not been cleaned. Traci __________________ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse: and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.   10-22-2009, 04:28 AM   #4 (permalink) fretboard Defender of Old Coinage     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 808 My Mood: Blog Entries: 2 Thanks for your opinion, Rip! MissSasha, I don't know, never taken it out of it's holder. I'll take the toning answer. thx   10-22-2009, 05:04 AM   #5 (permalink) Billy Kingsley History Via Numismatics     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dutchess County, New York Posts: 405 My Mood: Blog Entries: 8 It does not appear to have been cleaned based on the pictures to me. Maybe a dipping but I don't see any hairlines that are the telltale sign of wiping. __________________ Billy Kingsley Member ANA, SPMC I don't care about a coin or note's "value" or material composition. I care about what it is, and it's place in history! Collector of all coins and currency!   10-27-2009, 08:23 PM   #6 (permalink) Harfoush Junior Member     Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 72 My Mood: Actually i don't know if it was cleaned or not. but all i can say, this coin is amazing its my first time see it, love the reverse, got a deeper meaning. It has a nice tone, cleaned or not. Its a very fine coin. Cheers,   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Proof Bavarian Pattern | US Minted Ethiopian "Gish"? » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post TPG Companies Grading GUARANTIES Silver Striker Coin Chat 26 10-21-2009 01:21 PM How to spot cleaned coins (To BNBAnalytics and others) GoldCoinLover Coin Chat 12 09-29-2009 12:53 PM Coin Grading/Authentication Services Reid Goldsborough Coin Chat 57 06-01-2009 03:14 PM Coin trivia!!! FreakyGarrettC Coin Chat 13 10-28-2008 07:02 AM Trial Piece, Experimental Coin w/ Design Abnormalities onekram US Coins Forum 8 05-22-2008 12:28 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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