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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;houston_ray, post: 99331, member: 1943&quot;]Merry Christmas All!!</p><p><br /></p><p>What are some of the subtle hints that a grading service looks for on silver coin to make a determination that it has been cleaned?&nbsp; ANACS notes this on their slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I look at closeups of ANACS slabbed coins at the HeritageCoin website, I sometimes cannot see why they label some coins as &quot;cleaned.&quot;&nbsp; Can&#039;t see any difference between some &quot;cleaned&quot; coins and ones that are not.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed, many cleaned coins have an obvious &quot;look&quot; about them that indicated they&#039;ve been cleaned.&nbsp; Fine lines in the same direction (some sort of abrasion) or unnatural &quot;shine&quot; on a well-circulated coin, or a blast bright glistening on a higher grade one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other times, I see what looks to be a worn coin that&#039;s dark in recesses, and shiny on the high points, but in lower grades that doesn&#039;t seem to be unnatural.&nbsp; Sometimes ANACS labels the coin &quot;cleaned&quot; and I can detect any shine to it at all......</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m really baffled by what ANACS looks for....maybe some sort of voodoo?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I collect some silver coins issues like Mercury dimes, Liberty Walking halves and Peace dollars.&nbsp; Typically in circulated grades F to XF.</p><p><br /></p><p>Peace in this season to you,</p><p>Houston_Ray[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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