Characteristics of "Cleaned" Coins

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: DIMES - BARBER LIBERTY HEAD
Item Description: 10C 1893 O
Full Grade: PCGS UNC Details
Owner: Sandon

Set Details

Custom Sets: Characteristics of "Cleaned" Coins
Competitive Sets: Sandon's Nineteenth Century Circulating Issue Type Set   Score: 433
Sandon's Circulated Incidental Type Set   Score: 433
Sandon's Certified New Orleans Type Set   Score: 433
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Barber Dimes (1892-1916)

Owner Comments:

PCGS described this better date Barber Dime as "Unc. details, cleaned". The coin shows some light abrasion on Liberty's face that I consider to be light wear but is otherwise frosty with no hairlines or other signs of abrasive or chemical "cleaning". In my opinion the coin should receive a straight grade of AU 55. Photos courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries.

I purchased this coin for a favorable price at auction in July 2019. It upgrades a well worn specimen in my complete set of Barber dimes, which I completed with uncertified coins back in the 1990s and is housed in a Lucite frame, with the coins grading from Good to Brilliant Uncirculated. My only certified specimens are this one, a 1913 graded MS64 now included in several of my competitive type sets, and the Proof 1893 appearing in my nineteenth century proof type sets in this registry.

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