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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;swagge1, post: 785163, member: 22402&quot;]Does anyone know where I could find a tutorial or perhaps some pics of coins (particularly Mercury Dimes) that have been cleaned? I would like to start another Mercury Dime album of higher quality pieces and I do not want any coins that have been cleaned.&nbsp; I know that cleaned coins show &quot;hairlines&quot; most of the time, but I am having a hard time determining what a hairline looks like and what is considered normal wear for the grade.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Case in point... I bought a 1942 2 over 1 Mercury Dime at a coin show in Texas last year.&nbsp; I paid $450 for it and it looked pretty good to me as far as I could tell.&nbsp; I sent it off to ANACS where it came back XF-45 Details Cleaned.&nbsp; Now I do not feel like made a terribly bad deal beacuse I could probably recover my money and buy one that hasn&#039;t been cleaned (in a lower grade of course).&nbsp; I just would like to get some pictures to go by on telltale signs of cleaning so that I am less likely to buy a cleaned coin in the future.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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