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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3329176, member: 24314&quot;]ToughCOINS, posted: I believe &quot;properly cleaned&quot; coins, at least as defined by the standards of professional grading services, will be straight-graded, and not receive any &quot;Cleaned&quot; designation at all.&nbsp; I think the preponderance of such properly cleaned coins are uncirculated / proof coins which have been sensibly dipped or <b><span style="color: #000000">circulated coins which have been cleaned with a</span><span style="color: #b30000"> mild paste.</span></b>&nbsp; While, from a purist perspective, I do not necessarily agree with the practice of recognizing these coins as uncleaned, I understand the practicality of the decision to do so, and trade along those lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are very few folks who can use a mild paste of anything on a coin and not have it be detected.&nbsp; I will say this in your favor as you might be one of them...I have seen it done and could not detect anything that would make the coin it not &quot;market acceptable.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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