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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cremebrule, post: 1559149, member: 35227&quot;]Normally I would agree with you, but since the coin has virtually no scratch marks (as far as I can see), I&#039;m thinking it was (lightly?) dipped. Dipping doesn&#039;t necessarily strip all the luster; only an over-dipping would do that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t imagine any coin from the mid 1800&#039;s having that strong of a luster, except for proofs (which we concluded that it wasn&#039;t).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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