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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 22091949, member: 13650"][ATTACH=full]1544206[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p> Here's a half dime I took a chance on. Not an overly expensive coin. It came back AU-58. I loved the look of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1544208[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p> This I picked up in an ICG slab and cracked out. They graded it a MS-64BN and NGC called it a MS-64BN as well. Completely agreed with the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1544209[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1544210[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p> This arrows dime is a tougher one to find in decent condition. I picked it up raw. The pics I had to go by were a tiny fraction of my pics here. I thought it had a chance because of the toning.... No. This got AU details cleaned.</p><p> In hand you want to look for cartwheel luster for it to have a chance of being naturally shiny. If it's just plain shiny with no cartwheel luster, you can safely assume it's been cleaned. Often difficult to tell from pics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 22091949, member: 13650"][ATTACH=full]1544206[/ATTACH] Here's a half dime I took a chance on. Not an overly expensive coin. It came back AU-58. I loved the look of it. [ATTACH=full]1544208[/ATTACH] This I picked up in an ICG slab and cracked out. They graded it a MS-64BN and NGC called it a MS-64BN as well. Completely agreed with the grade. [ATTACH=full]1544209[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1544210[/ATTACH] This arrows dime is a tougher one to find in decent condition. I picked it up raw. The pics I had to go by were a tiny fraction of my pics here. I thought it had a chance because of the toning.... No. This got AU details cleaned. In hand you want to look for cartwheel luster for it to have a chance of being naturally shiny. If it's just plain shiny with no cartwheel luster, you can safely assume it's been cleaned. Often difficult to tell from pics.[/QUOTE]
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