Here is a coin that caught my eye due to the unique design. The photos are of the same coin. When I told the seller that the coin looked cleaned and dead from the first set of photos, the seller sent me the second set of photos blaming lighting. What are your thoughts? Is it cleaned, and is that cleaning distracting? I am at about VF35 for a grade. What say you? All opinions welcome @Rheingold @Chris B @talerman @micbraun @Eduard @PaulTudor @coin_nut @wcg
I definitely think there's PVC there. Many older coins have been sitting in PVC-laden flips for decades.
It's hard to see if there is any luster remaining from the photos. I would think the 3rd party graders would give it XF details. Some of the legend looks like it has a green residue in the letters which would lead me to believe it has been cleaned. That said I can't see any hairlines in the photos.