Is this CB quarter cleaned?

I have a 2nd chance offer on this. Doug says it has been cleaned, but I can't see it. If you think it has been cleaned, please tell me why you think so. I see no pits or hairlines. I'm not trying to argue, I'm just wanting education.

 

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I'm not seeing the obvious signs, but I'd go with Doug before anything I thought.

 

The splotchy/uneven coloring in the fields is indicative of some sort of cleaning. Usually with a nice circ-cam example, those fields will be an even gray.

 

The only thing I can say it doesn't have the right color for a circulated coin . Now I really can't tell if it was cleaned and retoned funny or if it just toned funny to begin with , but to me the color just doesn't look right .

 

Was probably cleaned long ago, but with a patina that thick, I think it'd grade cleanly. :thumb:

 

Yeah, I think an old cleaning maybe.

 

I don't see any signs of cleaning. I wonder if the seller just brightened up the image a bit.

 

Cleaning does not always mean pits or hairlines. Look at some of those graded blast white bust halves. In this case I would say an old cleaning that is retoning, but I like it in the pictures - in hand I might change my mind if it is too dark.

 

At that value of coin I would keep looking until I found a certified coin if shopping online.
May not be the answer your looking for but only way I would buy it is if I had it in my hand with my money still in my pocket.
Edit to and only if it looked better than the images look would I commit to buy.