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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 5006622, member: 24314"]GDJMSP, posted: "...Now of you think the coin has been harshly or improperly cleaned Mike, you are of course welcome to your opinion. But if you do, please keep in mind that just about everyone who knows coins is going to disagree with you, even the genuine experts." The "problem" with opinions is that everyone has one - including the "genuine experts."  For example, I've discovered that most members of chat forums have the opinion that every coin with continuous hairlines is "harshly cleaned."  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> NOT TRUE!  There is a VERY BIG gap between a coin that has been improperly cleaned;**and one that is harshly cleaned. ** Evidence of cleaning determined by a "genuine expert" or knowledgeable numismatist THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE "market acceptable" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> what the...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />![/QUOTE]