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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3552058, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: #660066">Thanks for your research.&nbsp; I have found that the two major grading services are the folks who use the weasel words the most.&nbsp; I&#039;ll guarantee that the &quot;slide marks&quot; noted on the ANACS coin look nothing like the OP&#039;s hairlined example.&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">Absolutely true.&nbsp; This is what often happens.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">Obviously, any negative comment will lower a coin&#039;s value to most of us.&nbsp; Nevertheless, we should all be ecstatic that our coins are at least slabbed rather than returned in a &quot;body bag!&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p>EyeAppealingCoins posted: &quot;It would take a lot of mechanical manipulation with your finger to dull a coin significantly. There are grey areas with everything, but I think you can form reasonable boundaries between cleaning and other issues.&nbsp; Another difference would be the degree of impairment and the surface area involved.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">Actually, &quot;thumbing&quot; dulls a surface extremely quickly. </span></p><p><br /></p><p>EyeAppealingCoins continued: &quot;I suppose is also depends on what your definition of &quot;cleaned&quot; is.&nbsp; Does it assume the use of a detergent or chemical?&nbsp; Does mere wiping count?&nbsp; If the latter, you could argue that rubbing a finger on it to remove debris from the surface is analogous to using a cloth and could count in the right set of circumstances.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">Cleaning is either chemical, mechanical, or a combination of both.&nbsp; It occurs in degrees.&nbsp; It is in a collector&#039;s best interest to be able to detect that a surface is not original.&nbsp; Some may even wish to learn what caused it.</span>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> EyeAppealingCoins, posted: &quot;<b><i><span style="color: #b30000">Changes in luster from circulation are readily distinguishable from dull luster from a cleaning.</span></i></b>&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">This is a very important statement.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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