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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 104339, member: 2972&quot;]Great post, and a fabulous overview that all beginners should read!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I&#039;m going to have to disagree with your choice of examples for cleaned coins.&nbsp; In my opinion, both the coins you showed have been cleaned/dipped.&nbsp; The second one was done long ago and the coin has since retoned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Truth be told, most bust halves from this time have been cleaned in their lifetime, so it becomes a matter of what you can accept.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of an original skin half dollar:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.pbase.com/v3/81/115381/3/51198505.1839BustHalfDollarNGCAU53obv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://mishuna.image.pbase.com/v3/81/115381/3/51198510.1839BustHalfDollarNGCAU53rev2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of a bust half that has been cleaned, but has since retoned in an album:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.pbase.com/v3/81/115381/3/49702797.1827O110HalfDollarRAWEF45obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i.pbase.com/v3/81/115381/3/49703492.1827O110HalfDollarRAWEF45rev2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, great post....Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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