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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tbarreca, post: 752889, member: 21275&quot;]A correct characterization of this pretty nice coin would be: AU Details (cleaned, damaged).&nbsp; The gouges on the major obverse focal point will hurt the value as much as the cleaning, I&#039;d wager.</p><p><br /></p><p>You should be able to get small (2x2) manilla envelopes at a stationery store.&nbsp; Put it one of those, and then put it in a drawer, and forget about it for 2 or 3 years, and it will be better than it is now, in that it will be re-toned.&nbsp; Most knowledgeable collectors would rather have it re-toned than not, but they will also typically realize that it had been cleaned.&nbsp; Can&#039;t put that genie back into the bottle.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The real question for you is: Did the cleaning process leave a ton of hairlines?&nbsp; Looks like it may have, particularly on the reverse.&nbsp; Let&#039;s hope not because for many, that would be a bigger problem than the otherwise light cleaning and surface digs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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