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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 461760, member: 112&quot;]It&#039;s not that it was unfit to be graded. You don&#039;t even want to send coins that are unfit to be graded. That&#039;s the biggest mistake people make when sending coins to NCS. You want to send coins that can be graded, but that can be improved with conservation.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other words it could be crud that could be removed, it could be overly dark and unsightly toning, or it could be spotting like on this Proof coin. Remove it and the eye appeal factor increases substantially.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, in a technical sense it is cleaning. But since few people ever remember to make the distinction between cleaning (which is no problem) and harsh cleaning (which is a problem), they call it conservation. That way most folks don&#039;t get mixed up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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