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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1098141, member: 26302&quot;]You could be right, but I have many seated coins in that grade or lower that aren&#039;t that washed out white look. I agree this color is common, but was always told it was due to old cleanings that were common back then. I go back to my original point that I have never seen a VF mercury dime that washed out. Same goes for a roosevelt. At VF there should still be life in the surfaces, in my opinion. I own some coins from the 19th century that look like this, (key dates I couldn&#039;t find otherwise, or from group lots I purchased), but have always labelled them as cleaned. If you are right, and mine aren&#039;t cleaned either, I probably just made a few thousand dollars! </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin surfaces shouldn&#039;t be affected by age if that is what is being claimed. Luster does not by itself just wither away to my knowledge. I have 2000 year old coins with more luster than this one, (no offense jello). The reverse looks better, or maybe something was rubbing the surface that caused this color or its simply the photo. I don&#039;t know. Its not I dislike the coin, though it sounds like it, it looks very familiar since I have simply seen thousands of 19th century coins look just like it, and I said I own quite a few of them as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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