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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 8461336, member: 73983&quot;]A harshly cleaned coin is unmistakable.&nbsp; It will scream at you harshly cleaned.&nbsp; The ones you have to watch out for are the gently improperly cleaned coins.&nbsp; Those can get by collectors, but the TPG&#039;s always catch it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what a harshly cleaned coin will look like.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1499270[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1499271[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1499272[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another 1889-O Morgan struck from the exact same extremely deteriorated dies, but has not been cleaned.&nbsp; You&#039;ll notice the absence of the heavy parallel hairlines.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1499273[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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