Cleaned? Barber Dime

I always thought this was cleaned but I wanted to confirm or negate that it was cleaned. It is a 1913 P Barber dime and I am not losing a life savings by being told it was cleaned. I paid $3 for it sight-unseen. There is a scratch through DIME and it is in fairly good shape. Any grade? Details Cleaned? Thanks Henry

 

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the coin is cleaned because the scratches are all in on direction and they are faint(hairline scratches).

 

that is what I thought.

 

I agree, it looks cleaned to me too.

 

what would it grade? obviously not a tpg but as a raw.

 

I would say the details are about fine-12, probably was a vf before someone got out the wire brush, I wonder if you carried it as a pocket piece how long it would take before the cleaning details were lost, would it go to a vg or a g? maybe ag-3?

 

No doubt your coin was cleaned but I do wonder if some of those marks are roller marks? Maybe someone who knows more will chime in.

 

The coin is a solid F-15 details but as stated is cleaned and the scratch through dime would be considered damage.

 

ok thanks so F15 cleaned. Did I get rooked at 3.00?

 

Dime would be worth around $6.00 in F15. The fact that it is cleaned brings the value down.
I wouldn't say you got ripped off, as we are dealing with a smaller amount of money. Once you get into nicer looking coins, or key dates, it can be a doozy, the value between cleaned, and non-cleaned.