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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;micbraun, post: 2992410, member: 54036&quot;]It is usually possible to identify cleaned coins, but sometimes it isn’t. It depends on how the coin was cleaned and of course on the quality of the pictures. If you can’t see any luster on uncirculated coins, or if there are a lot of hairlines, chances are that it was cleaned and won’t grade anymore. Surface preservation is the main criteria, but color is also important; e.g. if a copper coin has an odd color (different from others in the same grade) you should be careful...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s an article with a couple of pictures of cleaned coins:</p><p><a href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/page22.html#.WoALCmIo-Ec" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinauctionshelp.com/page22.html#.WoALCmIo-Ec" rel="nofollow">http://coinauctionshelp.com/page22.html#.WoALCmIo-Ec</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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