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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 638139, member: 13650&quot;]<b>Bumping this thread!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I thought about starting a new one but low and behold I remembered this thread and found it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; So what&#039;s everybody think about NCS improperly cleaned slabs?&nbsp;&nbsp; A situation has presented itself for me to possibly get a coin that is in a condition that normally would be well out of my reach right now but has been improperly cleaned so should sell for much less.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Old, very rare, less than 18k minted, less than 1k known in existence.&nbsp; &nbsp; Maybe a handful come up for sale a year and most have problems or huge premiums for problem free pieces.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I&#039;m just worried about purchasing &#039;possibly&#039; the highest dollar coin of my collection and it being an improperly cleaned example.&nbsp;&nbsp; Opportunities don&#039;t come around that often, especially for the price it &#039;should&#039; go for, especially with a down economy.&nbsp;&nbsp; But who knows.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The big unavoidable issue I see is that years ago, cleaning coins was considered to be market acceptable.&nbsp; So if that&#039;s what everyone was doing, realistically, what of the numismatic coins that are left.... how small of a percentage really escaped this time period unscathed when it would have been to a sellers benefit to clean their coins making them shiny and desirable?&nbsp; &nbsp; I would think almost everything would have gotten cleaned at some point!&nbsp; And most what we think has not been cleaned, has probably just re-toned, like many have said here.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Now all of a sudden it&#039;s not market acceptable but the damage has been done.&nbsp; Some obvious, some not.&nbsp; IMO, I think we treat cleaned coins unfairly.&nbsp; &nbsp; Unless they&#039;re really bad.&nbsp; &nbsp; For so many series, we have such a small pool of available coins left.&nbsp; &nbsp; Is it really the best thing to do to buy an uncleaned example for thousands or get the imperfect, cleaned one for $500?&nbsp; They both were made at the same time, same place and both circulated.&nbsp;&nbsp; Either one will sit in the safe the same.&nbsp; Both will have the same metal content.&nbsp;&nbsp; For anyone with a budget, I think the answer is obvious.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is it really worth it?&nbsp;&nbsp; I agree that it really depends on the coin and how it looks.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s hard to get a shiny one with hair lines but if the alternative is not owning the $3k model, what do you do?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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