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Message:: [QUOTE="fiddlehead, post: 2322165, member: 31286"]I know this Ebay seller (centsles) has been brought up before.  What I'm wondering is, can anyone who knows more about this than I do explain what it is he or she might be doing to these coins to make them look so smooth?  They very often have a look to the surfaces like maybe they are puttied or something?   This 1839-C Quarter Eagle is a pretty good example.  I've never seen a puttied coin so I have no experience with it - what else could be done to "achieve" that look (or destroy the coin I suppose would be a better description)?  Just curious, wondering if anyone knows? <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1839-C-CLASSIC-HEAD-2-5-GOLD-ALMOST-UNCIRCULATED-ONLY-18-140-MINTED-VERY-RARE-/381518213154?hash=item58d441f022:g:v-IAAOSwGotWlU33" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1839-C-CLASSIC-HEAD-2-5-GOLD-ALMOST-UNCIRCULATED-ONLY-18-140-MINTED-VERY-RARE-/381518213154?hash=item58d441f022:g:v-IAAOSwGotWlU33" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1839-C-CLASSIC-HEAD-2-5-GOLD-ALMOST-UNCIRCULATED-ONLY-18-140-MINTED-VERY-RARE-/381518213154?hash=item58d441f022:g:v-IAAOSwGotWlU33</a>[/QUOTE]