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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 1780777, member: 24544&quot;]The difference in appearance is due to the lighting angle used to photograph your coins.&nbsp; Whomever photographed then used a very small angle with the light almost parallel to the coin as indicated by the very long shadow produced by the coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As far as how to tell if they have been cleaned, it&#039;s tough.&nbsp; I would recommend looking at a lot of coins in hand.&nbsp; Otherwise, I would look for slight differences in color between the high wear points and the low wear points.&nbsp; On an original coin like my 1852 there is a subtle but very clear difference in color between protected areas of the coin, like the hair crevices or around the letters on the coronet, and the open areas of the coin, like the face of the lettering, the stars, the tip of the coronet, eyebrow, nose, and cheek.&nbsp; This difference is a clear indication of original surfaces as it&#039;s nearly impossible to achieve this effect with a cleaned and re-toned coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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