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<p>[QUOTE="gatzdon, post: 250303, member: 8247"]OK, Here's the new 1985-S Proof after the brief cleaning. Something that Newbies to the hobby should notice is that only the dirt can be removed, not the wear. With a coin like this, it is sometimes difficult to discern dirt from wear as they both hide the frosting on the proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was less wear on the cheek and brow than I thought. The scan makes the background fields look uglier than they really are, but the damage is there and no amount of cleaning will ever restore the coin to it's original mirror polish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gatzdon, post: 250303, member: 8247"]OK, Here's the new 1985-S Proof after the brief cleaning. Something that Newbies to the hobby should notice is that only the dirt can be removed, not the wear. With a coin like this, it is sometimes difficult to discern dirt from wear as they both hide the frosting on the proof. There was less wear on the cheek and brow than I thought. The scan makes the background fields look uglier than they really are, but the damage is there and no amount of cleaning will ever restore the coin to it's original mirror polish.[/QUOTE]
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