“Healing” a problem coin by putting a little more wear on it. Should do? How to do?

I have a silver coin that is AU in grade but has signs of cleaning, and uncleaned would be worth $500. Putting a little wear on it might remove the signs of cleaning but decrease the grade to EF. How would you do it? I was thinking of putting it in a little cloth bag and carrying in my pants pocket for a few months. Would that work, and would it be worth the effort?

Cal

 

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Might work.

 

Right there with you. I carried a 1994 ASE, harshly cleaned, as a pocket piece for more than five years. I sometimes consciously rubbed it against other coins. It was still shiny and hairlined after all that time. To get the real "circulated silver" look, I think I'd have to rub it with some kind of grit over time. (I'm a desk jockey. I don't get a lot of grit on my hands.)

 

Apparently you guys don't have enough rocks (change) in your pockets......my ASE pocket piece borders on 'ugly' ........started out at MS

 

Ditto

 

I found a 1975 Proof Jefferson in 2015. No telling how long it was in circulation but there were spots that still where shiny around devices. While keeping it in your pocket for years will make some area appear naturally circulated, other spots will remain as witnesses of another state.

 

I think this one was a pocket piece.

 

Actual time pocket riding probably about 10yrs out of it's 23yrs..

 

much better (and now "current") pic's of my pocket piece...

 

I have spent time just rubbing a coin while watching tv and found my rough skin would put hair lines on a coin. Probably faster way is a Dremel and cotton wheel.

 

I’ll be simple. I don’t think it’s worth the effort. Leave it be.

 

I am scared to put a MS coin in my pocket.
My habit's say what the hell ya doing?

 

Put it in your front pocket with a little dirt.
Go gold mining for a week and report back.

 

That Statue of Liberty silver dollar looks like it's had more done to it than just wear. It looks like it's been through a rock tumbler and dipped HARD with a removal of metal.

 

You are wasting your time, if your intent is to submit. It will be details graded.

You are suggesting coin doctoring. Would you appreciate a collector/hobbyist doing so to a piece that....due to many reasons... a TPG did not correctly identify and ended up in a Holder that you eventually purchased?

There have been many such pieces over the years, that in a TPG grading standards of today are being rejected on re-submittal.

Want one worth $500.00? Buy one correctly identified for $500.00 and Hodl.