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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2461641, member: 112&quot;]The &#039;80, &#039;81, and &#039;86 are actually the nicest coins of the bunch, with the &#039;86 being the nicest of them all. At least based on your pictures. And the &#039;84, those lines are not from a harsh cleaning. They appear to be roller marks from when the planchet was made.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few things to remember - shiny is not always a good thing. Shiny can be a very good thing. Shiny does not always equal harshly cleaned, but it can equal harshly cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beginning to see the problem ? Shiny isn&#039;t the issue, it isn&#039;t what matters. What matters is what is causing the coin to be shiny. When shiny is caused by luster, that&#039;s a good thing, sometimes a very good thing. When shiny is caused by a harsh cleaning, or polishing, that&#039;s a very bad thing. </p><p><br /></p><p>So what you have to do is learn how to identify one from the other. Doing that takes a bit of study and the gaining of experience. And you can do both by continuing to ask questions and posting pictures. Reading a few books will also help immensely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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