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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2011373, member: 27832&quot;]Yes, there&#039;s &quot;good shine&quot; (luster) and &quot;bad shine&quot; (cleaned/polished). Most non-collectors and new collectors don&#039;t notice the difference, but it&#039;s not hard to learn. The important thing is to go to a good shop or a show where you can see examples of both.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <i>really</i> baffling part is that some collectors will pay enormous premiums for uncleaned coins with particular kinds of tarnish -- much more than they&#039;d pay for untarnished, silver-white coins. They call it &quot;toning&quot;, and they treasure it, but only if they feel it <i>wasn&#039;t</i> done to the coin intentionally. Follow discussions here for a while, and you&#039;ll start to get the idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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