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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedy, post: 98631, member: 705&quot;]#1...you need to watch what you say....some people on here don&#039;t care for some of the words you post.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why do we care if a coin has been cleaned or not....I don&#039;t think we ever said we did....but it is our job if someone ask what is the grade to tell them all we see....</p><p>A cleaned coin is a damaged coin.....it takes part of the coin with the cleaning....and when you take part of the coin....its just not good.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Right.....and we take that into account.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said in another post...you need to learn about that---you told me that you read lots...well if you did you would have seen how god NET grades are.</p><p>As I said above....a cleaned coin is a damaged coin...but lets go somewhere else...lets say you have a coin with a hole in it....now that is damaged--the grade is XF and the value is $100....now do you think that the coin is really worth that with the hole??....not in a hundred years....so with a hole you take about2-3 points off the grade....now you have F....and the value is $25....that is how you find out the value of a coin that has been damaged---</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not in the same &quot;cents&quot; of the word.....a planchet isn&#039;t a coin---</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaned does mean something....and you need to learn it...read the PCGS Guide to grading....or the Coin Collectors Survival Manual or search this forum for &quot;why is cleaning bad&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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