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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ten-cents, post: 779368, member: 19568&quot;]Unfortunately for you, if you like original coins, knowledge is key. The grading companies love cleaning nice original dark surfaces off of coins to make them &quot;marketable.&quot; I guarantee you that if you sent them a dark brown seated half dollar with dirt on it that was a stunning 50 coin, it would come back in a 53 slab with all of the gunk removed. Nearly all gold dollars I have seen in slabs have been dipped (hairlines.) I have also seen dipped IHCs in 65 RB slabs. Slabs do not protect you from cleaned coins, knowledge does.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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