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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael K, post: 2619800, member: 78298&quot;]Why do I think it was cleaned? Several reasons.</p><p>1st, the coin is 150 years old and in good condition. Which means someone held on to it 100+ years ago. In those days coins were routinely cleaned to keep them shiny, without knowing they were damaging the surface.</p><p>The areas that may show cleaning, under the weak strike S in States to the top left of the wheat stalk on the reverse. And the bottom right at 5 o&#039;clock on the wheat stalk, those areas do not look like original luster to me. On the obverse the left arrowhead at 10 o&#039;clock. Cleaning copper will give that almost orange shine to high points. I don&#039;t have the coin in hand, so I hope I am wrong and it is indeed luster.</p><p>I like the 2 cent series.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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