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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 6660078, member: 10461&quot;]I see it, though I only peeked at the pics and haven’t read the article yet. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, it probably could’ve been cleaned more carefully, but one <i>does</i> need to remember (if one is coming from the viewpoint of the “mainstream” numismatic community), that relic coins (dug coins) are a horse of a somewhat different color (no pun intended). </p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaning of dug coins is often a “necessary evil”.&nbsp; There’s no telling how that looked when it came out of the soil after nearly two centuries.&nbsp; Ground conditions and levels of preservation vary widely.&nbsp; Sometimes- often, in fact-</p><p>&nbsp;you’re dealing with something that’s already a “problem” coin by mainstream numismatic standards, due to environmental damage, and a little careful cleaning can improve its appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Careful</i> being the key word there.&nbsp; Just enough and not too much.&nbsp; I will confess to having made many mistakes in that process.</p><p><br /></p><p>So who’s to say?&nbsp; Very cool find, regardless- if rather overscrubby looking now.&nbsp; Electrolysis or ultrasonic cleaning might’ve been a better way to go about that.&nbsp; But who knows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Side note: a buddy of mine found a nice 1820 dime here once, with the STATESOFAMERICA reverse that had all the lettering crammed too close together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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