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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2354847, member: 24314&quot;]NCS removes problems from coins. <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">True, like DIRT which depending on its chemical composition can EVENTUALLY cause corrosion (not to gold), discoloring (including gold depending on time period and conditions)</span>Haze, environmental effect </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 89, 179)">NOTE: I really hate to/need to include all the extra qualifiers when I write as I ASS-UME that most of you are informed/qualified to understand/read between the lines. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></span>, stabilize corrosion, PVC, etc... Conservation&#039;s goal is to stabilize a coin, and do no harm. as is the case with <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">&quot;expert, professional&quot; dirt removal! </span>A little bit of dirt is not harm <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">Except to a coin&#039;s eye-appeal (value?). </span>- and yes, knowledgeable collectors <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">(perhaps, that&#039;s the key here - &quot;collectors.&quot;&nbsp; IMO, the majority of knowledgeable dealers will send them out using the &quot;Dirt Removal Only&quot; Tier ** <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span>will pay far more for a &quot;dirty&quot; original coin than a &quot;dipped&quot; or &quot;doctored&quot; <span style="color: rgb(0, 89, 179)">Most dealers/collectors couldn&#039;t spot a PROPERLY DIPPED or PROFESSIONALLY DOCTORED coin if it were done in front of their eyes! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Want Proof...Read about all the stuff found in TPGS slabs before they learned how to detect alterations.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span> A circulated coin <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">...maybe in grades LOWER than XF </span>is supposed to have this look, and if it doesn&#039;t, many people don&#039;t want it<span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">. Good!&nbsp; More coins for those of us who appreciate attractive, professionally cleaned coins along with attractive original ones.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">[</span>QUOTE]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 89, 179)">I really wish you guys would give it up.&nbsp; It&#039;s a beautiful, sunny day here in FL and I am going to take my fancy sports car to a Polo Match here in town (he&#039;s lying right?). Let&#039;s agree that THERE ARE DEGREES in everything about numismatics.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t understand that, I&#039;LL GIVE UP!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">NOT! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">&nbsp;</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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