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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 818320, member: 112&quot;]statequarterguy - To my eyes it looks like somebody already did.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same for your coin hiho.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now somebody is going to ask me why I think that. Here&#039;s why.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of us know that with circulated coins it is common to find them encrusted with a combination of dirt, grime &amp; toning. And most of the time the high points and some of the fields will be rubbed sort of clean. That&#039;s normal. But what is not normal is for some of the more protected areas to be cleaner than they should be. If they are cleaner than they should be, as to compared to the rest of the coin - then that is an indication that somebody has cleaned or attempted to clean the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>On SQGuys coin, some of the areas that should be lighter colored are not, like the big open area of the field to the right on the obv. And other areas that should be dark, are not. Like the small, protected area of the field left of Liberty&#039;s neck. On the rev, small protected area between the eagel&#039;s left wing and body (right side of the coin) is way cleaner than it should be. And the shield, the lower vertical shield lines are rubbed pretty clean. But it is the upper horizontal lines that should be rubbed clean as they are higher - and yet they are not.</p><p><br /></p><p>On your coin hiho, the field area between the bottom of the bust and the date - nothing should ever be able to touch that area during normal use bcaus it is surrounded by high points. That should be one of the darkest areas on the coin. But yet it is clean. Same for the area under the eagle&#039;s head.</p><p><br /></p><p>So just based on these things it appears that at some point somebody has cleaned these coins. I agree completely that further attempts are ill advised.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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