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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1821484, member: 19463&quot;]I believe it was King Farouk of Egypt who was known for cleaning his coins and he once owned the 1933 Double Eagle that makes news quite regularly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I once had a scare thinking I had a fake.&nbsp; After buying a rare coin, I discovered its match in an old auction catalog.&nbsp; The two images matched in shape of flan and major details but mine had fewer deposits and some extra scratches.&nbsp; I contacted the earlier dealer who did not give me a name but said the guy he sold it to was known (not in a good sense) for trying to improve his coins and his opinion was that the two were the same coin just before and after the guy did his thing.&nbsp; I paid well under half what it sold for in its earlier state but a lot of that was that the first seller was a bigger deal than the smaller sale from which I bought it.&nbsp; The current attitude regarding cleaning coins and the popular desirability of toned silver has changed a lot in the last 50 years.&nbsp; Many more collectors in 1963 would dip a blotchy mess of a silver dollar than would today.&nbsp; I suspect in another 50 years we will pass through another period where bright and shiny is preferred to rainbow toned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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