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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moneycostingmemoney, post: 2785756, member: 86367&quot;]Yeah, I heard a podcast a while ago (CoinWeek Apr 15, 2016) and it was an interview with Don Willis of PCGS. He was asked, a couple times, what the restoration process entails with PCGS. All he would really say is that nothing is added to the coin to improve its surface. That tells me that something is being removed. So is it only acceptable for a TPG to shave a &quot;layer&quot; of the surface of a coin off, chemically or mechanically, to make it pretty again? And as long as they are providing this service are they guaranteeing the coin to grade higher and, in turn, be more valuable?</p><p><br /></p><p>If this service is provided by the same TPG grading it will they mark the label &quot;cleaned&quot; or &quot;restored&quot; or does it just get slabbed with the higher grade and they call it a job well done?</p><p><br /></p><p>If a restored coin was sent to another TPG as a crossover and it came back &quot;cleaned&quot; would you ask the restoring TPG for your money back? </p><p><br /></p><p>Would you crack it out then send it in to keep a TPG from making a statement with your investment? And, again, if it came back &quot;cleaned&quot; would you ask the restoring TPG for your money back?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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