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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2028115, member: 19165&quot;]I disagree. Strongly. </p><p><br /></p><p>The best way to learn how to tell cleaned coins from original coins is to study ORIGINAL coins that have been graded by the top TPGs. By studying the characteristics of original, attractive surfaces, you will quickly realize when something doesn&#039;t look right. There are so many different ways to clean, polish, damage, or change a coin that there is absolutely no way you could ever hope to learn the intricacies of each one. If you study original, attractive specimens, you will quickly learn when something doesn&#039;t look right - even if you don&#039;t know why. </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I can&#039;t exactly tell you what was done to the coin in the original post - but I can tell you that the fields on the right side of the coin are not original and not attractive. The coin has been tampered with (and the photographs are not clear on exactly what&#039;s been done to it).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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