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Message:: [QUOTE="Coinchemistry 2012, post: 2051458, member: 28107"]I think you are being too narrow in limiting your search to 1871.  Coins from that period but different years are also worthy of consideration as are other denominations and even other series.  Since the silver content is the same, I wouldn't expect any major differences the closer you stick to the same period.  So I think coins from the 1860s and 1880s would be equally fine, and you could absolutely expand the search out more for the 100+ year metric you established. On another note, I think you might be conflating personal standards with market acceptability.  There are many coins out there that are within the bounds of market acceptability that I deplore and wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole.  I don't like dipped circulated pieces, and I tend to favor originality and positive eye appeal.  This doesn't, however, render coins that don't meet my personal standards as not market acceptable.   To the coin in the instant thread, even if it hadn't been cleaned (which I suspect it has been), I still would pass on the piece. Edited:  And on a final note, since many of these pieces were stored in albums, many tend to retone around the periphery but the central devices and fields should still show the same phenomenon we are talking about if you wanted.[/QUOTE]