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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2999661, member: 112&quot;]The question - Do you Consider a Dipped Coin to Be Cleaned?</p><p><br /></p><p>The answer, yes, undeniably. But not harshly cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem - the very same problem there is every time somebody asks this question, most, at the very least a lot, people don&#039;t know the numismatic definition of the last word in your question. And that causes them to answer the question incorrectly in many cases.</p><p><br /></p><p>The word &quot;cleaned&quot; is a contraction of the correct term &quot;harshly cleaned&quot;. And there is a mountain of difference between &quot;harshly cleaned&quot; and &quot;cleaned&quot;. And most people, I might even say the vast majority of people, use the term &quot;cleaned&quot; incorrectly. So when one does not specify and clarify the difference between the two distinctly different terms one creates a world of confusion and misunderstanding among those attempting to answer the question.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rinsing a coin in distilled water is cleaning the coin. Rinsing a coin in acetone, or xylene, is cleaning the coin. And dipping (with dip being defined as a solution that removes toning) a coin is cleaning the coin. None of these things cause harm to the coin when done correctly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if your question had been - Do you Consider a Dipped Coin to Be Harshly Cleaned?</p><p><br /></p><p>My answer would have been an unequivocal no !</p><p><br /></p><p>And if your question had been - Do you Consider a Over-Dipped Coin to Be Harshly Cleaned?</p><p><br /></p><p>My answer would be an unequivocal yes ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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