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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;charlottedude, post: 2354605, member: 26010&quot;]Yes - dirt does happen to raise eye appeal... particularly with circulated gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another one from the SDP that would most likely make some people shudder...&nbsp; ewwww! </p><p><img src="http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx357/abisgator/BlueCC/1803_zps76a5b418.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a more recent photo of the coin -</p><p><img src="http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx357/abisgator/CAC/IMG_0160_zps9a0a2ca9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Insider seems to really sing NCS&#039; praises, and I will say that NCS does provide a valuable service, but only to an extent.&nbsp; They are good at removing unsightly residue, putty, excessive dirt (such as from a metal-detected coin) and other seriously detracting substances. To imply that any gold coin with minimal dirt on it should be &quot;conserved&quot; is simply wrong... dare I say ignorant.&nbsp; There were very many gold coins recovered from several shipwrecks over the last 10-15 years... nearly all were conserved, and it was probably a good thing there were so many to work on, as the conservators perfected their cocktails.&nbsp; Many of those recovered shipwreck coins look great, as they were otherwise MS coins... but some of them ended up looking so bland, so devoid of skin and character, they&#039;re just unattractive.&nbsp; As some posters like to incorporate grade school barfing emoticons, I&#039;ll go as far to say that nearly every single <u>circulated</u> silver shipwreck coin that&#039;s been NCS&#039;d has made me want to do just that. I&#039;ve had personal experience with NCS.&nbsp; An 1857-S $3 gold which I purchased raw. it had some residue in the upper-right obverse, but was otherwise a very attractive, original coin. I sent it in to NGC for grading, but they recommended conservation to remove the residue.&nbsp; I agreed and paid for the additional service.&nbsp; When I received the coin, it was in an AU-53 holder, the small area of residue was gone, but the coin was also completely devoid of its original patina and skin -- stripped... totally bland.&nbsp; I got rid of it as soon as I could.&nbsp; Never again..., but hey, I&#039;m just a novice collector... what do I know?</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;dude[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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