Characteristics of "Cleaned" Coins

Owner Comments:

I bought this 1863 Seated dollar at a local coin auction in December 1999 for all of $214.50. The coin was obviously "cleaned" based on its unnaturally white color and extensive hairlining in some areas. The 1863 is now considered to be a rare date and has increased markedly in list price since that time. I submitted the coin to NGC in March 2023. The coin came back "details" graded as "repaired" rather than "cleaned". I'm not sure where the "repair" is but suspect it was an unsuccessful attempt to rub out the marks in the right facing obverse field. In any case, it is a reasonably well-detailed example of a scarce issue.