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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2419737, member: 78244&quot;]It is much closer to blast-white than the grey it should be. The patina has been stripped.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I can see how I implied that. The CBH was one of two coins I have owned that had been <i>HARSHLY </i>cleaned, and I observed how a harsh mechanical cleaning affected the color and luster. Everything I observed I see on the above half dollar. As for cleaned coins in general, I have handled hundreds in my lifetime, and I have looked at pictures of hundreds more. I have learned what an original coin <i>should</i> look like for a given grade, and any deviation means it has been played with. The above half should not look the way it does with the white surfaces and the numerous hairlines. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ooh, fun. A challenge!</p><p><br /></p><p>The luster does not look natural for the grade, like it has been muted somehow. It can&#039;t be oxidation, as the coin is blast-white. There are lighting setups that can mimick this, and I don&#039;t know if that is what is going on here. If I was a buyer, and these pictures were all I had, I would say your Morgan had been overdipped. In-hand, it could be a bright, lustrous coin, but that is not what your pictures imply.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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