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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 3070138, member: 59737&quot;]Yes, I tossed that out there, because it seems that a lot of people very widely define cleaning.&nbsp; I guess maybe we should&#039;ve also questioned whether it&#039;s negative (normative-evaluated) to have a coin cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, personally, I would probably have to differentiate between neutral and negative cleaning.&nbsp; Negative cleaning is when the original surfaces have been altered chemically or mechanically and changes the appearance of the surface of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neutral cleaning to me is where foreign objects (debris, gunk, etc) are removed from the surface of a coin to allow the original surface to be seen (I would consider acetone dips neutral cleaning).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I spent maybe 2 minutes thinking on that, so don&#039;t try to blow holes in my idea!&nbsp; I am not versed enough in grading to be able to easily differentiate between the two (unless it&#039;s obvious overdip or whizzed).&nbsp; At some point in my life, I&#039;m going to sit down and take a class (paid or from someone very knowledgeable) on this matter.&nbsp; I&#039;m not the best at learning from books/photos; I need hands-on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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