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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;oldwormwood, post: 2279386, member: 34162&quot;]Here are two coins currently posted on Heritage.&nbsp; One is identified as AU details -cleaned, and the other as AU 50.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-half-dollars/half-dollars/1859-50c-cleaning-pcgs-genuine-au-details-ngc-census-12-126-pcgs-population-26-122-mintage-747-200-numisme/a/131547-27410.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-half-dollars/half-dollars/1859-50c-cleaning-pcgs-genuine-au-details-ngc-census-12-126-pcgs-population-26-122-mintage-747-200-numisme/a/131547-27410.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-half-dollars/half-dollars/1859-50c-cleaning-pcgs-genuine-au-details-ngc-census-12-126-pcgs-population-26-122-mintage-747-200-numisme/a/131547-27410.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-half-dollars/half-dollars/1859-50c-cleaning-pcgs-genuine-au-details-ngc-census-12-126-pcgs-population-26-122-mintage-747-200-numisme/a/131547-27410.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-half-dollars/half-dollars/1859-50c-cleaning-pcgs-genuine-au-details-ngc-census-12-126-pcgs-population-26-122-mintage-747-200-numisme/a/131547-27410.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-half-dollars/half-dollars/1859-50c-cleaning-pcgs-genuine-au-details-ngc-census-12-126-pcgs-population-26-122-mintage-747-200-numisme/a/131547-27410.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">1859 Seated</a>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-half-dollars/half-dollars/1878-50c-au50-pcgs-pcgs-population-10-124-ngc-census-3-75-mintage-1-378-400-numismedia-wsl-price-for-problem-fre/a/131547-27132.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-half-dollars/half-dollars/1878-50c-au50-pcgs-pcgs-population-10-124-ngc-census-3-75-mintage-1-378-400-numismedia-wsl-price-for-problem-fre/a/131547-27132.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">1878 Seated</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I am still trying to learn about the less obvious (at least for me) characteristics of cleaned coins.&nbsp; I agree with the argument that it is better to study the coins in hand, and that the TPGs sometimes get it wrong.&nbsp; But using these photographs as a guide, what charateristics of this 1859 Seated Half stand out to you as an indication that it has been cleaned &amp; retoned, and what is it about the 1878 that points to orginal surfaces? </p><p><br /></p><p>Jonathan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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