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The images, attributed to the auction house, are a little funny. It seems like they cleaned it up, but perhaps the 'found in a field' story is so cute, they ho
by abeppu 5y ago
The images, attributed to the auction house, are a little funny. It seems like they cleaned it up, but perhaps the 'found in a field' story is so cute, they hope it might actually contribute value and chose to photograph it back in dirt?
- hakfoo 5y agoThere's a huge rule in coin collecting: never (aggressively) clean coins. Running it under thew tap to release it from the dirt it was contained in is probably fine, but don't break out anything abrasive or acidic. In the US, many high-value coins are sent through professional authenticators and graders, and they will mark a coin as, say, "Mint State details, but cleaned". that "but cleaned" can knock hundreds or thousands off the sales price.