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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 708037, member: 16510&quot;]<b>Hang in there all you got to do is,,,</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hang in there all you got to do is,,, look at thousands, then tens of thousands of coins and you will know.&nbsp; Read books, buy books, study graded coin examples, study raw ones, go to shows and shops, be politie and in 10 or 20 years you will know &quot;what we know&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In a way I&#039;m being very serious regarding your question, &quot;<i>I would love to know how you could tell from the two pictures it was cleaned or burnished or polished</i>.&quot;&nbsp; There are no shortcuts in life or coins - if it were easy everybody would be doing it.&nbsp; If you bought this coin it could turn out to be one of your most valuble items, not because of it&#039;s numismatic worth alone but because of it&#039;s possibility to stear you towards gaining long lasting knowledge and enjoyment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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