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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2928385, member: 112&quot;]There&#039;s really no difference because they both mean the same thing - that the coin has been harshly/improperly cleaned. And yes, harshly and improperly also both mean the same thing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes it does. What you have to understand is that there are 2 basic types of coins - problem free coins and problem coins. There are many different things that can make a coin a problem coin, harsh cleaning is only 1 of them. But the value of all problem coins is less, often much less, than that of a problem free example. How much less ? Well that is a question that can only be answered by the individual considering buying the problem coin, and the specific problem. To put it into numbers a problem coin can be worth anywhere from 20% to 80% of what a problem free example is worth.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Quite often it is simply because they don&#039;t know any better. Other times it is because they are trying to make the coin &quot;look better&quot;. Other times it is because they are trying to make the coin worth more. And yet other times is because they are trying to protect the coin from further damage. The list of reasons goes on, and on ............[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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