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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2206008, member: 112&quot;]Yes, there is. There are several ways that a coin can be properly cleaned. And the reason there is confusion on the issue is because people use the terminology incorrectly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most people use the words/terms &quot;clean, cleaned, cleaning&quot; incorrectly. What they really mean is improperly cleaned or harshly cleaned, but what they say is cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Harshly cleaned or improperly cleaned is defined as a cleaning method that causes harm to the coin. It is a method that leaves behind traces or signs of the harsh cleaning that can be detected and seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaning however leaves behind no traces and causes no harm to the coin. But yet removes a foreign substance or unsightly toning that may be on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is the difference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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