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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2240848, member: 19165"]An old cleaning that may be considered acceptable on a Morgan would probably be considered unacceptable on a Franklin - even if they were done at the same time using the same method. </p><p><br /></p><p>You already posted the grades, but I was going to guess 62 on the Morgan. The biggest reasons for this are the apparent lack of luster (which may be a result of the cleaning), and the numerous scattered small marks across the surface of the coin. It has a generally "scruffy" feel. The strike is somewhat weak, and the eye appeal is below average (I'd call it neutral-negative: not ugly, not not terribly attractive either). All of these combine to give a 62. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Franklin doesn't look cleaned in your pictures, but pictures will hide an awful lot. If it wasn't cleaned, it would grade 64FBL at PCGS. The bottom set of bell lines are very strong, but the top set are not - so it would not grade FBL at NGC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2240848, member: 19165"]An old cleaning that may be considered acceptable on a Morgan would probably be considered unacceptable on a Franklin - even if they were done at the same time using the same method. You already posted the grades, but I was going to guess 62 on the Morgan. The biggest reasons for this are the apparent lack of luster (which may be a result of the cleaning), and the numerous scattered small marks across the surface of the coin. It has a generally "scruffy" feel. The strike is somewhat weak, and the eye appeal is below average (I'd call it neutral-negative: not ugly, not not terribly attractive either). All of these combine to give a 62. The Franklin doesn't look cleaned in your pictures, but pictures will hide an awful lot. If it wasn't cleaned, it would grade 64FBL at PCGS. The bottom set of bell lines are very strong, but the top set are not - so it would not grade FBL at NGC.[/QUOTE]
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