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Message:: [QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2639500, member: 1892"]One part of determining whether a coin has been cleaned or not, which not everyone incorporates into their thinking, is, "Is there any evidence of the need to have been cleaned on this coin?" If the surfaces have consistent color and luster even into the tighter areas, it tends to lessen the chance of cleaning because it's near-impossible to get cleaning tools into the smallest spots. On this coin, with these images, I only see two spots which give me pause: Between the W and E, and inside the U on the obverse. That's encouraging, but frankly the images aren't up to "conclusions" and in larger images I might completely change my mind, having seen more evidence of a need to clean. Look inside the letters, in the small openings of B's, R's and O's for instance, and in the narrow inside corners of E's, R's and S's. If they're dirty when the rest of the coin is not, a strong possibility is established, especially when the technical merit of the coin is as high as this one's is.[/QUOTE]