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<p>[QUOTE="USS656, post: 2290872, member: 6641"]If it has been dipped the surface will be affected and if you know what to look for you will see it. </p><p><br /></p><p>In this case the coin was harshly cleaned (soft Q-tip and eZest coin dip) by me because of the damage done by a Whitman album and storage conditions by previous owner. Look at the original surface and the lines in the cleaned surface. This is an extreme but you will almost always see the result of a cleaned/dipped coin. In this case the coin is better for it but still only worth melt. Makes a nice pocket piece though. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s235.photobucket.com/user/USS656/media/1944%20Obv%201_zpswxrbnpwr.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s235.photobucket.com/user/USS656/media/1944%20Obv%201_zpswxrbnpwr.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/1944%20Obv%201_zpswxrbnpwr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s235.photobucket.com/user/USS656/media/20151209_112430_zpspgriuyvm.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s235.photobucket.com/user/USS656/media/20151209_112430_zpspgriuyvm.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/20151209_112430_zpspgriuyvm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="USS656, post: 2290872, member: 6641"]If it has been dipped the surface will be affected and if you know what to look for you will see it. In this case the coin was harshly cleaned (soft Q-tip and eZest coin dip) by me because of the damage done by a Whitman album and storage conditions by previous owner. Look at the original surface and the lines in the cleaned surface. This is an extreme but you will almost always see the result of a cleaned/dipped coin. In this case the coin is better for it but still only worth melt. Makes a nice pocket piece though. :) [URL=http://s235.photobucket.com/user/USS656/media/1944%20Obv%201_zpswxrbnpwr.jpg.html][IMG]http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/1944%20Obv%201_zpswxrbnpwr.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s235.photobucket.com/user/USS656/media/20151209_112430_zpspgriuyvm.jpg.html][IMG]http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/20151209_112430_zpspgriuyvm.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/QUOTE]
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