It is quite lovely but since I'm basically a newbie in collecting, I have a question...how can you tell if it has or hasn't been cleaned, because it's awfully shiny?
Thank you @Cazador but I think more elaboration is needed for me...if the coin was brand new - or supposed to be - and I saw those things on it, I would know but how do you tell when it's an old circulated coin, other than it being "bright and shiny"?
To be honest with you I’m not that knowledgeable on coins that have been cleaned.so let’s see what others might say.
Coins pick up luster when they're minted. Study up on it, because it's the first thing that goes when the coins are cleaned. I'd just be wasting our time trying to describe it to you. Study up on what it is, what it looks like, and what it doesn't, indicating it was rubbed off, i.e., "cleaned." Luster isn't "bright and shiny." Polishing can get you "bright and shiny." You tell the presence of luster by the unique way the light reacts with the surface. If you get mixed up, that's what we're here for. Just think of us as unmixer-uppers.