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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBlade00, post: 1437803, member: 37468&quot;]You&#039;re partly right, of the ones I posted &quot;most&quot; of them were cleaned. In the whole set I count about 9 or 10 (which is less than a quarter of them). I am realistic about what they are, book value on the grades I&#039;ve determined would make them worth about 4.25x what I paid total if NONE of them were cleaned. However, even if the cleaned coins are worth a quarter of book (which the detailed ones are probably worth a bit more) then I&#039;d say that the value of these is still 2-2.5x what I paid. I&#039;m happy with that. Of the ones I post, I don&#039;t believe the 1853 Quarter (Rays &amp; Arrows) or the 1875-S coin is cleaned. The 3 cent silvers don&#039;t look cleaned and only one of the capped bust half-dimes looks possibly cleaned (the better details one). None of the non-silver coins look cleaned to me, and I&#039;m not sure how to tell if the copper ones are as I&#039;m not sure if what I&#039;m looking for is the same. (Note that on the half cent and large cent I posted, all those scratches are from the plastic sheet).</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand not every coin I&#039;ve bought is a winner. But I&#039;ve been buying bigger lots and keeping the ones that I want. Since I&#039;m new to the hobby, I&#039;m kind of trying to get my hands on a little bit of everything to see what I really like. I&#039;m sure at some point I will consolidate and start buying 1-2 coins at a time, but right now it&#039;s just fun to get a bunch of coins and research them, grade them, value them, learn about them, etc... Though I bet I seem like a crazy person to some of you (as well as my wife) and I&#039;m sure the &quot;Honeymoon Phase&quot; will end soon <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the input though, I like hearing what everyone has to say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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