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<p>[QUOTE="imrich, post: 1348144, member: 22331"]<b>Uninformed In Past</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Doug, I now stand informed. I've never seen the clarifiers, but merely "cleaned". I would think it relatively simple to identify as: </b> 92|N-2 Damage, or 94|N-4 Altered <b>, which would avoid the hostile conversations concerning the word which is not definitive. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Both of the conditions outlined literally are not cleaning as </b><b>authoritatively</b> <b>defined (</b>Free (remove) foreign matter or pollution<b>), </b><b>but conditions of surface alteration. I believe most objective individuals, including myself would be appalled </b><b>by the aforementioned treatment to a Numismatic piece. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I've generally hardly seen harsh alterations with a loupe when viewing the surfaces of coins labeled "cleaned", so I suspect the general definition of harsh is microscopic alteration. I would expect that harsh alteration would preclude acceptable grading by another TPG. But then again, I suspect that acceptable alteration may be of micron level for some, while at a mil level for others.</b></p><p><b>Thanks for the enlightenment. Rich </b>:hail:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="imrich, post: 1348144, member: 22331"][b]Uninformed In Past[/b] [B]Doug, I now stand informed. I've never seen the clarifiers, but merely "cleaned". I would think it relatively simple to identify as: [/B] 92|N-2 Damage, or 94|N-4 Altered [B], which would avoid the hostile conversations concerning the word which is not definitive. Both of the conditions outlined literally are not cleaning as [/B][B]authoritatively[/B] [B]defined ([/B]Free (remove) foreign matter or pollution[B]), [/B][B]but conditions of surface alteration. I believe most objective individuals, including myself would be appalled [/B][B]by the aforementioned treatment to a Numismatic piece. I've generally hardly seen harsh alterations with a loupe when viewing the surfaces of coins labeled "cleaned", so I suspect the general definition of harsh is microscopic alteration. I would expect that harsh alteration would preclude acceptable grading by another TPG. But then again, I suspect that acceptable alteration may be of micron level for some, while at a mil level for others.[/B] [B]Thanks for the enlightenment. Rich [/B]:hail:[/QUOTE]
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