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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2445449, member: 112&quot;]Yes, but the problem with that is that there is cleaning, and there is harsh cleaning. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaning is perfectly fine and does not harm the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Harsh cleaning is not fine and does harm the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>And with a ground find it is at best difficult and sometimes almost impossible to distinguish if what you see on the coin - the tell tale scratches, and/or the loss of any luster -&nbsp; is/was the result of harsh cleaning, or just the result of being in the ground. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I am making this distinction is because you can find a coin in the ground and then clean it properly, doing no additional harm to the coin. Or you can clean it improperly and do more harm to the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nonetheless, a ground find is almost always going to be a problem coin, for one reason or the other. And that&#039;s really the only thing that matters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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