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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 8168421, member: 22331&quot;]I believe truer words have hardly been spoken.</p><p><br /></p><p>For many years I&#039;ve found &quot;slabbed&quot; coins by various TPG that I believed could be submitted for an elevated grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never personally directly submitted a coin to a TPG, but instead use established dealers/submitters.</p><p><br /></p><p>I acquired a 1902 AU58 slabbed Double Eagle which had a believed horrendous &quot;Copper spot&quot; in a prominent location.</p><p><br /></p><p>I removed the coin from the slab for submission with other coins, and submitted the lot to an established PCGS dealer. I never said a word about the coins as he viewed them. He said &quot;I can remove that Copper spot, if you want&quot;. YES, PLEASE!</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin came back several grades improved, &quot;Mint State&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I knew from my efforts on other coins the value of &quot;</p><p>conservation&quot;, but had never seen this degree. When properly applied, &quot;Cleaning&quot; pays.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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