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<p>[QUOTE="mumu, post: 927899, member: 24620"]Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but my example is with a world coin so I figured this should be the right place. </p><p> </p><p>I came across the coin below and purchased it. I do not have it in hand yet. What struck me as odd is that the coin appears to have pretty decent mirrors and this release has fields that are kinda cloudy by design as far as I know. Ive looked at a few dozen of the same date coins in other places and nothing comes close to having mirrors. Many coins in better condition have a more cameo look to them but it has more to do with device frost than mirrors. </p><p> </p><p>So my question is, I am pretty sure this coin has been cleaned. Im pretty sure it may have been polished or whizzed but can anything like that make a coin with a more matte finish turn into a coin with smooth mirror fields like this coin shows? The seller had many coins that had the same look of harsh cleaning but none achieved the mirrors of this coin. There are proofs noted for this year of this coin. Could it be an impaired proof?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mumu, post: 927899, member: 24620"]Not sure if this is the right place to ask this but my example is with a world coin so I figured this should be the right place. I came across the coin below and purchased it. I do not have it in hand yet. What struck me as odd is that the coin appears to have pretty decent mirrors and this release has fields that are kinda cloudy by design as far as I know. Ive looked at a few dozen of the same date coins in other places and nothing comes close to having mirrors. Many coins in better condition have a more cameo look to them but it has more to do with device frost than mirrors. So my question is, I am pretty sure this coin has been cleaned. Im pretty sure it may have been polished or whizzed but can anything like that make a coin with a more matte finish turn into a coin with smooth mirror fields like this coin shows? The seller had many coins that had the same look of harsh cleaning but none achieved the mirrors of this coin. There are proofs noted for this year of this coin. Could it be an impaired proof?[/QUOTE]
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