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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cremebrule, post: 1484313, member: 35227&quot;]Here is what the OP&#039;s original question:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>No problem! I remember having issues deciphering the difference between &quot;shine&quot; and cartwheel luster as well until another member on a different site showed me what I showed you. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m afraid it&#039;s cleaned. I remember thinking the same thing as you when I first started collecting. I took a semi-dirty 1963 Lincoln cent and cleaned it with a toothbrush, and it glowed just like your coin. I thought it was a proof as well!...Until I saw what a proof REALLY looks like. When you see a proof, you&#039;ll KNOW what a proof looks like. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It has remarkably deep fields and has brilliant shine.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for getting it graded (in slang, called &quot;slabbed&quot;), I would definitely recommend NOT getting it graded. Even though it&#039;s an earlier date, the fact that it&#039;s cleaned makes it a &quot;problem&quot; coin and will only net a &quot;Details&quot; grade from any leading TPG you send it to. With the $$ it would&#039;ve taken to send the coin in, try picking up a low-grade MS example of a common date Indian Head cent or a modern date proof coin and compare the two coins side-by-side as an educational experience! That should hopefully clear up all doubt between what proofs look like. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helped![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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