1949threepence Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 This coin appeared on a facebook coin forum, and the enquirer wants to know if the coin has been cleaned, or not. I'm honestly not sure. Any opinions. Quote
Peckris 2 Posted June 9, 2019 Posted June 9, 2019 Impossible to say, therefore the confident owner could say "not cleaned". Quote
VickySilver Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 Wear, secondary, over toning (ie circulated, sat and toned, reentered circulation). IMO not cleaned though. Quote
JLS Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 Impossible to tell if worn, toned, cleaned and retoned or worn, toned, worn, retoned. In the absence of any tell-tell signs like directional hair lining on the high surfaces might as well believe the latter. Quote
PWA 1967 Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) IMO its had a rub with some kind of olive oil / lubricant. All the high points are much lighter and the colour not naturally dark , with the pinkish colour on the OBV that remains meaning it may of been done to re tone it. Edited June 10, 2019 by PWA 1967 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 8 hours ago, PWA 1967 said: IMO its had a rub with some kind of olive oil / lubricant. All the high points are much lighter and the colour not naturally dark , with the pinkish colour on the OBV that remains meaning it may of been done to re tone it. That pinkish colour is a variation of digital colour - the obverse background (presumably the same as the reverse?) is noticeably more magenta than the reverse. Quote
PWA 1967 Posted June 10, 2019 Posted June 10, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Peckris 2 said: That pinkish colour is a variation of digital colour - the obverse background (presumably the same as the reverse?) is noticeably more magenta than the reverse. Thanks Peck i didnt know that 🙂 Although a good sign of a coin being retoned quickly after being messed about with is the fields will be a lot darker (black ) and patches will be that similar kind of (pinkish ) colour on bronze.The more a coin has been rubbed / polished the harder it is for the oil to stick to the surface and this is more often on the highest points. IMO though from the photo its had some kind of lubricant on and been re toned..........Unless its the photo and in hand does not look anything like the picture at all ....................................... Just having a look on the LCA website for the last twenty minutes at cleaned penny (pennies ) there are numerous examples that are the pinkish colour which they describe as cleaned and re toned or starting to re tone. These have been cleaned as if LCA were not sure they would maybe of not mentioned anything and if the seller did not agree maybe would not of been put in the auction. Edited June 10, 2019 by PWA 1967 Quote
1949threepence Posted June 10, 2019 Author Posted June 10, 2019 OK, thanks chaps. Some incredibly useful information above, which I've passed on to the enquirer. Quote
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