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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kirkuleez, post: 2446209, member: 36864&quot;]It always seems to take collectors a very long time to get hooked on the early coppers. The late dates are pretty easy to do a pretty high grade date set unless you start going after all of the Newcomb varieties. Some are just not found very easily. I recently completed a basic date set in AU and up (and even got lucky and accidentally scored an impaired 1846 proof for about sixty bucks). The key to spotting cleaned coppers is the color. It can look very orange or pinkish. You&#039;ll start to discover that pretty quickly. This one clearly was cleaned along the way, but I don&#039;t see any hairlines at all and it is a very nicely struck and pretty coin.[ATTACH=full]510646[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]510647[/ATTACH]This one on the other hand is very original and has a nice purple patina. [ATTACH=full]510648[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]510649[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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