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<p>[QUOTE="CopperCastle, post: 2028366, member: 72472"]A helpful tip that I've found useful is to look in places that would be difficult to clean inside of, such as the top-inside of the letters "A", "D","E", "O" & "R". As well as the inside curves of the numbers 3,4,6,8 (a really good number), and 9. Does the color vary from the inside of these characters to the outside? (Not the raised portions, color variables there are wear from normal circulation. Look at the field (flat) part). If colors here are not consistent throughout ..this is indicative of cleaning as can he seen in the cleaned coins illustrated above, as well as the majority of many problem specimens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CopperCastle, post: 2028366, member: 72472"]A helpful tip that I've found useful is to look in places that would be difficult to clean inside of, such as the top-inside of the letters "A", "D","E", "O" & "R". As well as the inside curves of the numbers 3,4,6,8 (a really good number), and 9. Does the color vary from the inside of these characters to the outside? (Not the raised portions, color variables there are wear from normal circulation. Look at the field (flat) part). If colors here are not consistent throughout ..this is indicative of cleaning as can he seen in the cleaned coins illustrated above, as well as the majority of many problem specimens.[/QUOTE]
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