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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 3441936, member: 8959&quot;]Thank you, all for your input. Much appreciated!.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am of two minds about this one. From the sellers pics it was clear it had been cleaned.That in itself I can tolerate, if done well. However, the cleaning was done badly and left the coin with hairlines. A beautiful and scarce coin to a large extent ruined. </p><p>Actually I am being too drastic - the hairlines are mostly visible under direct. intense light, otherwise the appearance is quite good, (there is no denying the hairlines are there).</p><p><br /></p><p>I am thinking, though, that I will keep it due to the very low price (actually $44 inc. postage), and the fact it was struck in a late state of the obverse die. I have another 1825 JR-1 in an early state of the die, so this one serves the purpose to illustrate the die wear progression. Judicious natural re-toning (window sill) should improve the appearance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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