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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1830265, member: 112&quot;]Purely my opinion but I think it&#039;s definitely been harshly cleaned Eduard. Looking at the obverse, see that area of the fields between the left arm and the stars ? See how it&#039;s a much lighter color than the field area next to the arm itself and around the stars and the field below the left knee ? The color change almost stops in a straight line level with the top of the left leg. To me that and the light scratches there says somebody worked on that area.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the way the recessed areas of the torso and the drapery are so much darker than the higher points. That says to me that somebody has rubbed the coin with something that removed the darker gun metal grey toning from the higher points.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah I&#039;ll agree that the coin does not show the typical light scratches everywhere that so many harshly cleaned coins do. But it does show all of the other tell tale signs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn&#039;t buy it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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