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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1337170, member: 112"]Well that's kind of the hard part - learning to see what is there. Don't feel bad, there's a whole lot of folks that can't see it either. But even from your picture of a just a tiny area of your coin I can tell that it has been polished. And like I was saying, they can all look different. And a coin does not have to be covered in fine scratches for it to be considered harshly cleaned. Your coin has been harshly cleaned, but yet no scratches are visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a look at the Peace dollar in this thread - <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t197494/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t197494/">http://www.cointalk.com/t197494/</a> . That coin has also been polished, but it IS covered with scratches. Other coins can be harshly cleaned and look very similar to that, having the scratches I mean, but they won't have been polished at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are just a few of things you need to learn to recognize when you see a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1337170, member: 112"]Well that's kind of the hard part - learning to see what is there. Don't feel bad, there's a whole lot of folks that can't see it either. But even from your picture of a just a tiny area of your coin I can tell that it has been polished. And like I was saying, they can all look different. And a coin does not have to be covered in fine scratches for it to be considered harshly cleaned. Your coin has been harshly cleaned, but yet no scratches are visible. Take a look at the Peace dollar in this thread - [URL]http://www.cointalk.com/t197494/[/URL] . That coin has also been polished, but it IS covered with scratches. Other coins can be harshly cleaned and look very similar to that, having the scratches I mean, but they won't have been polished at all. These are just a few of things you need to learn to recognize when you see a coin.[/QUOTE]
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