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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3501521, member: 112&quot;]Let me put it this way, there are millions of coins with light scratches just like the ones on your coin that have been cleanly graded and slabbed as AU.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on what I see in the pictures you provided there is nothing there to make me even think your coin has been harshly cleaned. But then all I have to go by are the pics you provided. So is it possible your coin was harshly cleaned ? Yes, but it is as equally possible that it was not. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the thing when it comes to scratches, they can be caused by literally almost anything. And there can be many of them on a coin, but that does not mean the coin was harshly cleaned. They might mean that or they might not. How do you tell ? Experience mostly. Scratches from harsh cleaning typically have a certain look to them, while scratches from rough handling have an entirely different look to them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Scratches from harsh cleaning typically come in patches, sometimes large sometimes small - and I don&#039;t mean in size, I mean in quantity. In other words many scratches in a single area, or several single areas, or even over the entire coin. While scratches from rough handling typically appear as being widely scattered. There may be many of them, but not in patches usually.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also another aspect to scratches that can help when trying to distinguish if they were caused by harsh cleaning or rough handling. When scratches are caused by harsh cleaning the luster on the coin, in the specific area where the scratches exist, is often destroyed in the portions of the coin that are in between the scratches. But, when caused by rough handling the luster in the areas in between the scratches is not destroyed - it will still be present.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of that said, based on the tone of your post, none of what I described above has anything to do with the question you were asking. It seems to me that your real question is if a coin can still be graded as AU when it has scratches on it like those seen on your pics ? In other words would those scratches cause the coin to be graded as XF and not AU ? </p><p><br /></p><p>The answer is yes the coin could still be graded as AU, and no those scratches would not cause it to be graded as XF. That is because the scratches have nothing to with that. A coin is judged to be XF or AU based on the amount of wear found on the coin, not on whether or not it has some scratches present.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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