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<p>[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 926228, member: 11521"]1. Yes. It is always more desireable to have a coin with original surfaces. That being said it is important to distinguish between 'coin cleaning' and 'coin conservation'. For example, it is generally acceptable for shipwreck coins to be conserved to remove encrustation.</p><p> </p><p>2. It depends. The original coin will almost always have a higher value than the cleaned coin. Sometimes cleaning a coin will destroy a huge amount of its numismatic value. Very often the top tier grading services will bodybag a cleaned coin (i.e., no grade) although they have started slabbing them as 'Genuine'. </p><p> </p><p>3. Again, coins with original surfaces are generally preferred over cleaned coins. Sometimes it is difficult to find uncleaned coins in some coin series. For example, most Capped Bust Half Dollars have been cleaned at some point so finding a CBH with original surfaces can be difficult.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 926228, member: 11521"]1. Yes. It is always more desireable to have a coin with original surfaces. That being said it is important to distinguish between 'coin cleaning' and 'coin conservation'. For example, it is generally acceptable for shipwreck coins to be conserved to remove encrustation. 2. It depends. The original coin will almost always have a higher value than the cleaned coin. Sometimes cleaning a coin will destroy a huge amount of its numismatic value. Very often the top tier grading services will bodybag a cleaned coin (i.e., no grade) although they have started slabbing them as 'Genuine'. 3. Again, coins with original surfaces are generally preferred over cleaned coins. Sometimes it is difficult to find uncleaned coins in some coin series. For example, most Capped Bust Half Dollars have been cleaned at some point so finding a CBH with original surfaces can be difficult.[/QUOTE]
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