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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1709166, member: 17919&quot;]It looks like you have a lot of parallel lines running down both sides of your coin, indicating some sort of abrasive cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have heard that the vast majority of Philippine pesos from the US sovereignty period are harshly cleaned as a result of environmental damage arising from being hidden in the sea to prevent their capture by the Japanese, then subsequent amateurish efforts to scrub them after they were recovered. I have two of them, and they are both cleaned like yours. And all of the ones that I see at coin shows in Tokyo are also harshly cleaned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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