improperly cleaned

[scrapper2010]

Can anyone give me a rundown on what clues I should look for to tell if a silver coin has been improperly cleaned. I'm un-knowledgable when it comes to silver, but I've recently got the itch to buy an old Morgan or Peace dollar. Thanks in advance for any help.

[Market Harmony]

Find a dealer that you trust and tell them what you are looking for. Coins that are professionally graded by PCGS & NGC are highly respected and will not have been cleaned unless marked as "genuine" or "details"

I have plenty of old Dollars. If you tell me what you are looking for, then I can see what kind of deal we can work out.

[fasteddy]

probably easier to just deal with MH until you are knowledgable about the subject...it does take some study (ok, alot) and time to learn what you are doing....books and maybe a friendly shop owner around the corner can help...how I learned(limited though) only because I was young and she was darn cute....
I think the best advise is certainly accurate here concerning this subject ..."if it is to good to be true, then it was countfeited in China"

any 1893CC's laying around?

[Rexor]

My experience has been to presume cleaned, especially on Ebay, unless you are buying from someone you trust or slabbed. If you are just buying them in circulated grades at a small premium to melt then it probably doesn't matter. And yes, as someone posted above, fakes abound. I just got this from NGC today http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle ... cleID=1000

[misteroman]

thats why ya buy worn 90% lol. and give eddy the CC's i'll take a nice 93-s!

[scrapper2010]

Thanks for the advice. I've mainly been looking on feebay. A few of them that I've seen have a darkness in the grooves of the coin but the raised surfaces of the coin appear extremely clean. That made me suspicious. I find myself liking the looks of the dirty ones better anyways.

[fasteddy]

there are even counterfeited slabbed coins on Feebay....if you are making a sizable purchase do it in person but get some knowledge first so you dont spend too much for lesser quality...

give eddy the CC's

thats great I will complete my CC collection much faster thanks guys and gals. I just love this forum ya'll are great!