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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldCoinLover, post: 695341, member: 4336&quot;]Post a picture...that will help us determine that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally cleaning coins impairs the luster, it will have a different luster. Overall the coin just looks &#039;shiny&#039;. It may also have hairlines, caused from the cleaning. You can see these, tilt the coin under a light (about 45 degrees) and rotate the coin under the light to see the hairlines. Other than that, it just takes experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a few different type of cleanings:</p><p>Whizzed, this is where someone polishes the coin with a dremal tool, it makes a &#039;whiz&#039; sound almost like a dentist drill, hence the name. Some can be very deceptive, but its an dying process.</p><p>It could be polished, when this happens sometimes the fields of the coin look reflective.</p><p>It could simply be dipped, where someone dips it in a solution such as jewerly toner cleaning (EZest), if done right it&#039;s hard to detect but you can improperly dip them too</p><p>It could be simply wiped with a cloth, this may cause hairlines.</p><p>Be very careful when taking the coin in and out of a flip, this may cause &#039;flip rub&#039; or hairlines on the coin. Stay away from the flexible flips, these have PVC and may damage the coin. The hard ones however, without PVC, you must be careful when taking the coin out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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