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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 8231458, member: 7638&quot;]with any coin, copper or silver, when I see the darker toning around the devices sharply demarcated from the fields, like the top coin, that makes me think &quot;cleaned.&quot;&nbsp; Harshly cleaned copper-- and you see this a lot on large cents-- will show reddish or pinkish areas where naked metal has been exposed.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then people try to retone or recolor them, and that often looks blotchy.&nbsp; I would suggest studying details coins in the Heritage Archives to get an idea of the different&nbsp; &quot;looks.&quot;&nbsp; (FWIW, I would not even consider buying a raw 14-D or 09-s-vdb Lincoln.&nbsp; Too many fakes and problem coins out there.&nbsp; [says the guy who buys raw Trade Dollars on eBay!])</p><p>edit:&nbsp; The 09 looks cleaned to me, I see the same vertical marks in the right field that Doug does.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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