ANACS Submission Question

I see your point. I still disagree with the logic behind the designation though. Those fine scratches could be from many different things.

Thanks for your Time Dutchman.

 

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I think that they took a look at the scratches and felt they were consistent with the ones cleaning makes ? They can only go by what has historically been the case and in no way were trying to degrade your coin intentionally. They tried to evaluate it fairly based on what the graders saw. I doubt they have a designation "consistent with being clean" or "appears cleaned", etc. They HAVE to label it by what they see and nothing else. As a buyer, you would expect that. As a seller, you always hope for the highest value you can get. I think the experts here are telling us that we need to be better at evaluating our items ourselves to prevent the surprises ? I mean if you had any idea it would receive the "cleaned" designation, you likely would have not submitted it, right ? This thread has been a real eye opener for me and has shown the need to greatly hone my own skills. Everyone here tells us Knowledge is the key, now I see why. IMHO

 

I agree... but small fine scratches are an indication of some sort of abrasion usually with a cloth.

All sorts of stuff happens to coins. The grading companies have certian stuff that they look for in designating whether a coin has been cleaned or not. I recently opened a mint sealed bag of 1964 cents and all of the coins if I had sent them in would have been labeled as cleaned... because the bag had been tossed around for so many years the coins begun to look polished. With "cleaned" coins... it's not really the how they got that way that matters so much... it's that they have the issues in the first place... no matter how they happened.

 

All in All.. this is still a really cool Hobby. Now I need to go through all my hoarded wheats for that 1944 Peirfort variation.

I just read the post about it and never realized it existed. This is what I love about this the most, always an adventure.