I've never tried cleaning any coins , But thank you for your response , I have several coins that I am going to sale from silver to wheat penny's, Indian head.
If you're a novice at collecting or selling coins, you might want to visit a local coin shop to get some advice from someone. You may have higher expectations than your coins warrant. The old adage "buy the book before the coin", also has another side, "buy the book before selling the coin".
If you make at least 10 posts here, you can offer your coins for sale to our members. Post some pictures and you'll probably get up to 10 in no time.
I dont know it its cleaned, but the lighting is funny. It doesnt actually look silvery. Try normal lighting. Outdoor lighting is what I like.
He's not saying you cleaned it. But someone may have, if those are scratches that are from a harsh, improper cleaning. You need to show both sides of the coin. There's no way to tell value without that. The reverse will say where this coin was minted. (Philly, New Orleans, San Francisco.) Which is important data when figuring value, because of the different mintage numbers of that year. I find cleaning to be very common on old silver and copper. People cleaned their coins 100 years ago because they wanted them to be shiny and nice looking, not realizing they were damaging the surface.
