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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 907177, member: 112&quot;]But coins with that amount of wear have no luster - it is all long gone. All the cleaning does is make the coins look &quot;clean&quot;, and because of that very abnormal. Circulated coins are not clean, ever. They are covered with oils from people&#039;s fingers and that oil attracts dirt like a magnet. </p><p><br /></p><p>So when that dirt is removed the very first thing that goes through a collectors mind is that these coins have been cleaned. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now the cleaning may or may not have been done harshly. But once all the dirt and oils are removed every little scratch, every little ding or mark from normal wear and tear is accentuated. And even if the coin was not harshly cleaned - it looks like it was harshly cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>And quite honestly, based on your pictures that is what the coins look like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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