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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 3047430, member: 24754&quot;]I&#039;m not gonna claim to have lines of evidence in support of the argument, and hell, I might be completely wrong. All I have to go on is my perception of people&#039;s attitude on the subject, and that fact that these services exist within a structure that allows for some &quot;conflict of interest&quot; issues.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>And then there is simple logic</u>:</p><p>1. We say, &quot;The only coin treatments that do not damage are xylene, dist water, acetone, and dip&quot;</p><p>2. Presumably, the experts are doing something other than these things, as it would be silly to pay someone for something so simple.</p><p>3. Therefore, what they are doing is damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, I might be wrong, but this is what I have to go on. If my assumptions are incorrect, then I appreciate being set straight and educated (preferably without insults or extreme sarcasm). If the coin alterations are systematically and fairly recognized as such on slabs, then good, that is fair. If they are not, then that is a problem that we shouldn&#039;t ignore as a matter of convenience.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;As I mentioned before, I&#039;m not terribly passionate about the cleaning issue one way or another. I do not have a problem with what conservationists do, I&#039;m not arguing that they should stop. I&#039;m not saying that one thing or another is or isn&#039;t deserving of earning &quot;details&quot; designations by TPGs. It may have been a poor attempt, but my original post in this thread was intended to be humorous more than anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in the end, when I see contradictions in opinion or logic, I can&#039;t help but point it out. We should all do that, it keeps us honest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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