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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1828297, member: 44079&quot;]Frankly, if the only cleaning issue on a 140+ year old coin is that it lost some luster, I wouldn&#039;t care.&nbsp; </p><p>That being said, I don&#039;t see any &#039;in your face&#039; evidence of cleaning in your photos.&nbsp; I don&#039;t (yet) have any Draped Bust Halves (can&#039;t afford most of the ones I want).&nbsp; But I think your Capped Bust half is much nicer than this one I picked up last week.&nbsp; No, it isn&#039;t reeded.&nbsp; None of my Capped Bust Halves are yet.&nbsp; Too many of them out there as I struggle to complete my Overton list.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Two websites Capped Bust collectors may appreciate.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/composite.aspx?c=2235" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/composite.aspx?c=2235" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/composite.aspx?c=2235</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; For all of&nbsp; the Overton varieties (558, yowza).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are suspicious of a Capped Bust half, check out&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.cccbhcc.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cccbhcc.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cccbhcc.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, my favorite Capped Bust is an Overton 101a (pictured) from 1832.&nbsp; I acquired it, brought it to a coin dealer who immediately claimed it was fake because of the die flaw on the bird&#039;s wing which he took to be a mold sprue.&nbsp;&nbsp; LoL.&nbsp; Nope, real, but cleaned I think long ago so there is no luster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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