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Characteristics of "Cleaned" Coins

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Coin Details

Origin/Country:	United States
Design Description:	DIMES - SEATED LIBERTY
Item Description:	10C 1874 ARROWS
Full Grade:	NGC AU Details
Owner:	Sandon

Set Details

Custom Sets:	Characteristics of "Cleaned" Coins
Competitive Sets:	Sandon's Circulated Incidental Type Set Score: 530 Sandon's Certified Seated Dimes Score: 415 Sandon's Incidental Type Set Score: 530 Sandon's Incidental Type Set Including Modern Issues Score: 530 Sandon's Nineteenth Century Circulating Issue Type Set Score: 530 Sandon's Certified One-Per Date Seated Dimes Score: 415 Sandon's Seated Dime Type Set Score: 415
Research:	NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide NGC US Coin Census for Seated Liberty Dimes (1837-1891)

Owner Comments:

I acquired this coin at a coin show in November 1996 and submitted it to NGC for certification in April 2022 solely for registry set purposes as my best example of the 1873-74 with arrows subtype. I expected this coin to receive a numerical grade in the AU50-53 range and am unsure why it was given a details grade as "cleaned". The coin is not hairlined, and the color seems natural to me. I assume that the graders thought that the toning was irregular and concluded that the coin had been chemically cleaned. If so, it remains an attractive piece. I photographed the coin prior to certification.