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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8461351, member: 24314&quot;]I&#039;ll pile on late.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Your coin is improperly cleaned.&nbsp; Not harshly but enough so that it is very obvious. </p><p><br /></p><p>2. The &quot;halo effect&quot; you mention where the field adjacent to a coin&#039;s relief is a different <span style="color: #b30000">color</span> and <i><span style="color: #b30000">texture</span></i> is usually a definite sign of improper cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; It is impossible to to tell if the dent on the coins edge is PMD or a place on the collar where the incuse part of the edge lettering overlapped the rim.&nbsp; You should be able to look at the edge to see if that is the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>And...&nbsp; Improperly cleaned coins can be found that are straight graded by the TPGS. Even the ANA Grading standards allow a coin to be called low MS with many hairlines.&nbsp; Unfortunately, if you send a straight graded TPGS &quot;A&quot;&nbsp; slightly cleaned coin to TPGS &quot;B&quot; they will not cross it because it is CLEANED yet that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie34" alt=":clown:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> service will have straight graded cleaned coins that are <b><span style="color: #ff0000">far worse!!</span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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