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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 452715, member: 112&quot;]For one thing soap leaves a film on the coins that is all but impossible to rinse off. The washing process itself leaves behind small hairline scratches. The untrained eye doesn&#039;t see any of this. To them it makes the coin look better. The trained eye however sees it all and can tell the coin has been cleaned at a glance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trust me, thousands of others have thought the same as you. They were all wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, a coin can be cleaned by somebody who knows what they are doing and possibly improved. I say possibly because under all that dirt there may be hidden damage that would cause the coin to grade even lower, or even be considered ungradeable at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because of this, it is best for someone who does not know what they are doing to leave the coins alone. Improperly cleaning a coin can cause it to lose up to 80% of its value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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