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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4757027, member: 24314&quot;]IMO: No, I disagree. The OP needs to &quot;man up.&quot;&nbsp; PCGS claims to have conserved your coin and then graded it. <b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"> That&#039;s what you paid for!</span></b>&nbsp;&nbsp; Unfortunately, you picked the wrong people to conserve your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your coin, IMO, it was cleaned before PCGS got it.&nbsp; Most old coins have been cleaned in the past.&nbsp; Since we don&#039;t have a before image, there is no way to tell if PCGS added to the evidence of the old cleaning or not.&nbsp; One thing is 100% certain:&nbsp; <b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><font size="6">Their employee did a very lousy job!</font> </span></b> The surface of your coin is <span style="color: #00b300">STILL corroded</span> and the amateurs&#039; doing the work left several places with <span style="color: #00b300">active green corrosion</span> on your coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m biased.&nbsp; As I have been conserving coins (CLEANING) professionally since 1972.&nbsp; It started out as removing the black crud around mint marks at the ANA&#039;s authentication service.&nbsp; Around twenty years ago I helped start NCS.&nbsp; Therefore, I don&#039;t recommend <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> sending coins to &quot;just <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> anyone&quot; to be conserved.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, no one can work miracles.&nbsp; The condition of the coin often indicates the probability of a successful outcome.&nbsp; That&#039;s why I refuse to conserve some coins because they will probably look worse.&nbsp; PCGS decided to conserve your coin.&nbsp; The fault I see with you submission is that the didn&#039;t finish the job!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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