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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;carpman98, post: 3137055, member: 80118&quot;]I would go with AU-50, previously cleaned and now re-toned.&nbsp; Any time I see that particular shade of dark battleship grey or even darker, my first thought is cleaned. The completely uniform toning overall is also quite often a tip-off that there was a prior cleaning.&nbsp; And when you see the small areas adjacent to the raised design exhibiting a different shade, that is generally where the implements used in the cleaning (e.g. cloth) were unable to rub the surface.&nbsp; I am not suggesting that you do this, but if that coin were dipped, chances are extremely high that you would see hairline scratches galore.&nbsp; Left alone, and in the right lighting and at the right angles, you could see those hairlines as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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