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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8265578, member: 24314&quot;]There is no way to tell when a coin was cleaned or tooled with 100% accuracy.&nbsp; Often we can tell old from recent to new but it is still not 100%.&nbsp; Look, an alteration is an alteration no matter when it occurred.&nbsp; Fortunately, there is a huge coin market for &quot;detailed&quot; specimens.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is not done with sand paper.&nbsp; Look up &quot;burnishing.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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