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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 300352, member: 4552&quot;]I&#039;m no expert on that subject but after many years of looking at coins I&#039;ve learned that a cleaned coin usually has noticable wear and looks excessively brand new. Just out of the Mint look. If there is some dirt accumulation in little corners of the lettering, possibly not cleaned. The ones that are polished are really noticable since they look just like that, polished. Proof appearance and not a proof. Dipped coins are tuff pending how long they were dipped and into what. Example is a fairly new coin that was dipped in Acetone. I doubt any grading service would figure that one out. Someone I know dips most modern coins that are destined for a TPG and seldom ever come back cleaned. As to your 27S more than likely it was cleaned at one time but possibly not lately and just kept in an air tight invironment. </p><p>At one time in our history it was common to clean coins. Dirty coins just did not sell and would not be wanted for a collection. So everyone cleaned coins. And the methods were really variable. So the possibility of yours being cleaned are pretty good and if a long time ago, normal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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