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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2950723, member: 24314&quot;]I&#039;m not going to have time today (no color or emojis) to read this interesting discussion and the comments but I will probably do that in the future and write more.&nbsp; For now, I&#039;ll comment on the 1876 coin <i>which &quot;<b>looks</b>&quot; quite natural and original including the usual crud found around the relief on Indian cents.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=78244]@TypeCoin971793[/USER] is correct!&nbsp; Dirt around the devices on a coin with no dirt in the field <b>ONLY</b> signifies that a coin is dirty!&nbsp; The condition of the field and the color of a coin is what indicates cleaning.&nbsp; I suspect if this coin were imaged in a different light and a different orientation we would see why it was called cleaned.&nbsp; The only thing I see is an unusual, and irregular&nbsp; &quot;pink&quot; splotch on the &quot;N&quot; in &quot;One&quot; that also shows traces on the &quot;E.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; I suspect the coin may have been recolored.&nbsp; Unless there are hairlines all over it too, it can be easily fixed and straight graded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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