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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BBG, post: 3951186, member: 108999&quot;]I just got back a 1856d $2.50 gold coin from NGC xf details cleaned. I know what all this means, I&#039;ve dealt in coins for over 50 years. I&#039;m just glad it came back real because they are such an ugly strike, they look fake!. There are only approx. 50 of these known to exist so the coin is valuable. I need more opinions about this............coin is hard to grade and can look cleaned even when not (PCGS article). The coin exhibits some hair lines especially on obverse, no harsh cleaning. Auction (as quoted by national auction house last week) estimates have this coin at $10,000 - $12,000.00 in it&#039;s current state. If it were not graded as cleaned, the last coin sold at auction in xf brought $37,000.00, 2 years ago.</p><p>I&#039;m not for artificial toning but does anyone think I should break coin out and let it tone natural for a couple years and resubmit?&nbsp; Could be a $20,000.00 gain. What would be best, leave it outside for awhile, store in old yellow paper flip, etc.? Thanks all, BBG[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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