You are correct Jeff.
Just as easy, and more accurate, Thad to say - Cleaned - a process that produces a market acceptable coin. Harshly Cleaned - a process that...
What you are doing is harmful because it is a form of harsh cleaning and easily detectable by anyone that knows coins. The rubbing with the cloth...
Didn't look at this thread until today. But for what it's worth, I agree with the TPG opinion on the first 5 coins posted. On the other 3, I do not.
This, all by itself, would be plenty of reason for the coins to look different from each other. Also, I hope you realize that by doing that, you...
Enough ! If you have something to say then say it. But there is to be no more finger pointing or personal attacks - by anybody !
The conservation service that PCGS now offers, and it's a fairly new service, has nothing to do with the Secure Plus service, it's an entirely...
Josh I've been studying coins for over 50 years. And while I can identify some fakes, I dang sure can't identify all of them. The point I am...
Ya know, after reading through this whole thread I gotta say I was just about floored by some of the comments. Dunno why though, after...
If the circular ring is rough then it was definitely not from an old tab holder, but from some other form of damage. It could even be from a...
All that you have to remember is that harshly cleaned and improperly cleaned mean exactly the same thing. There is no difference at all - ever....
Jeff there is a difference when you see Damaged on the label, that's an entirely different thing than harsh cleaning. There are quite a few...
Steven, I'm surprised nobody else mentioned it yet, but the very first thing you need to do is to get your coins out of your basement and keep...
First of all, yes there is such a thing as a properly cleaned coin and yes they are graded and slabbed. There are literally tens of millions of...
While I understand your reasoning for physically cutting metal off the coin in order to stop further deterioration, no, I could not call that...
Yes the coin does look to have been harshly cleaned. And the weight being off by 2 tenths of a gram, no, that could not be attributable to wear. A...
Yup, Rocky is correct. But I am not stingy at all, I have never clicked on the Like button period. And never will. If I have something positive to...
Yes.
OK, but may I ask why you think they should have different meanings ? But it is a black and white situation and here's why. If you rinse a coin...
For me, $4000. But the coins I last collected, even though they were many times more scarce than US coins, cost but a fraction of the price of...
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