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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3420768, member: 101855&quot;]That is hard to get because quite often coin doctors don&#039;t like to leave evidence of their trade. Here is an example if you can use your imagination.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]908071[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a California territorial $50 gold piece or &quot;slug.&quot; This piece has been extensively cleaned with an abrasive to make it bright. If you look inside the letters, you will see how it looked before someone scraped the surfaces to remove a layer of tarish, which included the metal. The darker areas around the letters are the natural look of a 150+ year old piece. The lighter areas are indications of some cleaning and maybe some cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a little more subtle. If you look above the eagle&#039;s head and to it&#039;s left, you will see an area that looks a bit more grey than the rest of the coin. That area has probably been smoothed.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]908072[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the same sort of work has probably been done to the obverse. The &quot;grey&quot; areas are smooth, but there is no luster.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]908073[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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