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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2349791, member: 24314"]Again, unless you know what you are doing. It's a shame we cannot pay a TPGS to let us watch them conserve coins for a week. That should end much of the uninformed posts and opinions around here. </p><p> </p><p>JUST AS THERE ARE NO SECRETS TO AUTHENTICATION OR GRADING; THERE ARE NO SECRETS TO CONSERVATION in this age of the Internet. I know at least three dealers who were self taught that could work at ANY TPGS conservation lab. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p> </p><p>A month ago at a coin shop I showed another dealer some of the "cleaning tricks" I know to conserve coins as he considers himself a novice. One week later, he calls to tell me he "discovered" a brand new method on his own! All it takes is a desire, access to a bunch of coins, some chemicals, and a computer to "play."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2349791, member: 24314"]Again, unless you know what you are doing. It's a shame we cannot pay a TPGS to let us watch them conserve coins for a week. That should end much of the uninformed posts and opinions around here. JUST AS THERE ARE NO SECRETS TO AUTHENTICATION OR GRADING; THERE ARE NO SECRETS TO CONSERVATION in this age of the Internet. I know at least three dealers who were self taught that could work at ANY TPGS conservation lab. o_O A month ago at a coin shop I showed another dealer some of the "cleaning tricks" I know to conserve coins as he considers himself a novice. One week later, he calls to tell me he "discovered" a brand new method on his own! All it takes is a desire, access to a bunch of coins, some chemicals, and a computer to "play."[/QUOTE]
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