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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 25271, member: 112"]I am afraid I can add nothing to your story other than to say that it is such stories that truly help make this hobby great. Congrats on a wonderful find and what it is certainly a rare piece of Americana <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>As to the cleaning issue - I would agree that all of the coins were cleaned long ago before they were placed into the package and that they have retoned over the years. Could I be wrong ? Yes - but when you see that light tan color surrounding the letters in the legends and other nooks and cranies of the devices - and yet the surface of the fields is a natural dark grey silver tone - that usually indicates an old cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grade wise - I think all the coins are likely high end AU and some of them are perhaps Unc based on the pics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 25271, member: 112"]I am afraid I can add nothing to your story other than to say that it is such stories that truly help make this hobby great. Congrats on a wonderful find and what it is certainly a rare piece of Americana ;) As to the cleaning issue - I would agree that all of the coins were cleaned long ago before they were placed into the package and that they have retoned over the years. Could I be wrong ? Yes - but when you see that light tan color surrounding the letters in the legends and other nooks and cranies of the devices - and yet the surface of the fields is a natural dark grey silver tone - that usually indicates an old cleaning. Grade wise - I think all the coins are likely high end AU and some of them are perhaps Unc based on the pics.[/QUOTE]
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