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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mac266, post: 2229788, member: 26371&quot;]If you submit itfor grading now, it would receive a &quot;details&quot; grade, indicating it is genuine but damaged in addition to normal wear.&nbsp; I can tell it has been cleaned just by looking at it.&nbsp; NCS (part of NGC) offers a coin &quot;conservation&quot; service, which is a professional cleaning, that may have done some good for this dug up coin.&nbsp; However, I submit that it is now forever damaged.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The rule of thumb in numismatics is never to clean a coin.&nbsp; There are *rare* exceptions, and it takes a *lot* of experience to know what those exceptions are and *how* to clean a coin without ruining its numismatic value.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Secondly, your eBay posting is dishonest.&nbsp; You cleaned the coin, therefore you KNOW the coin is cleaned, and you are morally obligated to advertise it as a cleaned coin.&nbsp; You may be new to numismatics, but that is no excuse for dishonesty.&nbsp; Change it.&nbsp; Now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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