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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldCoinLover, post: 612342, member: 4336&quot;]It really depends. Alot of coins that are paticulary rare, especially die varieties, are only available problem coins, cleaned. If every very old gold coin (pre 1840) that hasn&#039;t been cleaned that was slabbed, there wouldn&#039;t be any coins left! There is what is known as &quot;market acceptable&quot; cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve had 2 people so far (who hadn&#039;t seen the coin in hand) that my 1834 CAC/NGC AU53 quarter eagle has been cleaned. It is hard to find these as orgininal, even though I believe the coin is not cleaned, and apparently so did CAC, NGC and every dealer I showed it to in hand, sometimes on paticularlly rare coins you have to get a cleaned coin. There is a difference though between harshly cleaned coins, or slightly dipped cleaned coins, a coin can be properly cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>If given the choice though I would save the money up for a non cleaned, even lower grade gold coin of the same type, its better than buying a problem coin.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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