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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1402652, member: 112"]I would say yes, the coin has been harshly cleaned at some point.  And Lance's comments explain why the coin is in the slab. But just because a coin is in a slab, does that mean that you as a collector should ignore the problems ? To me, that's the real issue. But it is an issue that presents collectors with a problem. That problem is this - it is not easy to find early US coinage that is problem free. The TPGs know this. And the TPGs also know, what I call, the psychology of coin collecting. You see, the very fact that we are collectors makes us "want" the coins. But as collectors we are also aware of the problem issues, and we strive, most of us, to avoid the problem issues. But when the coins are placed in regular slabs by the TPG that provides a convenient excuse for us to "look the other way" and ignore the problem issues the coins may have. In reality is it is nothing more than lying to ourselves so that we may fill another hole in our collections and pretend that there are no issues purely because the TPG slabbed it. In other words, if they can accept it, we can too. That's where it gets really weird. You see, the reason the TPG accepts it is because we accept it.[/QUOTE]