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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;statequarterguy, post: 818576, member: 21782&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Thanks all for your input, which is my gut feeling too - any attempt to improve the coin probably wouldn&#039;t.&nbsp; Yet it&#039;s tempting to try, given its low value as is and the coin&#039;s potential if it improves.&nbsp; Since it appears to have been an improperly stored gem and given the price it sold for, an attempt to improve it probably wouldn&#039;t lower its value much more (it&#039;s already rock bottom at a G4 price) and if it does improve, the value goes up significantly.&nbsp; </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I&#039;d say it looks like it was an unc and what appears to be wear on </font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Liberty</font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"> (in the pic, but maybe it’s not) is from the attempt to clean it.&nbsp; If </font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Liberty</font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana"> hasn’t been damaged, the rest of the attempted cleaning doesn’t appear to have damaged the coin significantly.&nbsp; Did they stop the cleaning because there is definitely pitting under the heavy stuff?&nbsp; Although my experience tells me there is probably pitting, I’m not convinced the coins appeal can’t be improved, given the fact an attempt to do so ain’t going to make it worth a lot less.&nbsp; With a minimally invasive cleaning and many years of proper storage (opportunity to tone correctly), I think the coin could exhibit much better eye appeal.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">So, given the facts of this coins condition, if one were to attempt to improve it, not wanting to dip it long enough to remove the heavy stuff, thus dooming the luster and eating away the sharpness, what would you use to attempt to remove the heavy stuff?</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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