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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3069262, member: 78244&quot;]I agree with the point you are making, but I disagree with the words you chose.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins in both of your categories have been “cleaned,” so calling only undamaged coins as “cleaned” can only cause confusion. Likewise, “harshly cleaned” implies that someone agressively cleaned a coin, causing severe damage. A coin with a couple small harlines from a gentle wipe with q-tip was not harsly cleaned. A coin scrubbed with a wire brush has been harshly cleaned. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think just “properly cleaned” and “improperly cleaned” should be the terms used. They eliminate all ambiguity inherent with using just the terms “cleaned” and “harshly cleaned.”</p><p><br /></p><p>And since you bring up arguing with a dictionary:</p><p><br /></p><p>Harshly: “In a <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/harsh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/harsh" rel="nofollow">harsh</a> manner; <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/severely" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/severely" rel="nofollow">severely</a>.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Harsh: </p><ol> <li>Unpleasantly <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/rough" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/rough" rel="nofollow">rough</a> to the <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/touch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/touch" rel="nofollow">touch</a> or other <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/senses" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/senses" rel="nofollow">senses</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/severe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/severe" rel="nofollow">Severe</a> or <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/cruel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/cruel" rel="nofollow">cruel</a>.</li> </ol><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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