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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2772476, member: 78244&quot;]More-accurate pictures. The weird color around the devices is residual luster, not dirt. Sometimes lustrous areas can cause color to pop out even though the worn areas are a flat grey. I often see it on bust halves and seated half dimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I examined this coin with a loop under a good light, and I was able to find some hairlines consitent with a cleaning pattern. However, given the color of this coin (the main reason why I thought it was original), the hairlines are either indicative of an ancient cleaning, or were a byproduct of the abuse this coin saw in her days. The hairlines were much deeper than I see on cleaned coins. There are a lot of pin scratches, mostly on the right obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]639698[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]639699[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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