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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 2686298, member: 18157&quot;]I can spot most cleaned coins quickly, but there are some that fool me.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few years back I purchased a raw 1914-s Half Eagle online. I thought it was a solid MS62. I showed it to a dealer/friend and he <b>instantly </b>declared it &quot;cleaned&quot;. I sent it in anyway...and sure enough...Unc Details. I never had the chance to ask him how he knew. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think about that coin a lot. I have far more successes than failures...but the failures are the ones I remember most.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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