Characteristics of "Cleaned" Coins

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: FIVE-CENT PIECES - BUFFALO
Item Description: 5C 1913 TYPE 1
Full Grade: NGC UNC Details
Owner: Sandon

Set Details

Custom Sets: Characteristics of "Cleaned" Coins
Competitive Sets: Sandon's Circulated Incidental Type Set   Score: 70
Sandon's Incidental Type Set   Score: 70
Sandon's Incidental Type Set Including Modern Issues   Score: 70
Sandon's Basic Type Set With Gold   Score: 70
Sandon's Twentieth Century Circulating Issues Type Set   Score: 70
Sandon's Certified "Nickel" Type Set   Score: 70
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Buffalo Five Cents (1913-1938)

Owner Comments:

I purchased this coin uncertified at a local coin auction in February 1992 for all of $36.75 and submitted it to NGC for certification solely for registry set purposes in April 2022. I was unsure whether it would receive a straight grade or would only details grade due to obverse spots being regarded as corrosion or environmental damage. NGC required me to submit it to NCS to remove "residue" to have it certified. It has been encapsulated as "cleaned".

I took the photos appearing above before the coin was sent to NGC. The coin had original appearing multicolored album toning of the sort that can command high prices in today's market and otherwise appeared to be original notwithstanding the spots. It now has an unnatural looking sheen, and the toning has been muted. There are now pits at some of the places that there were spots, while most of the spots remain. (Some of the change can be seen on NGC's photos on certification verification for #6451295-004.) The coin now does appear to have been chemically "cleaned", presumably by NCS. Based on this experience, I would respectfully decline any further service by NCS.

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