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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hunt1, post: 1413395, member: 25971&quot;]Any cleaning is generally NOT good as said before. The only thing that isnt harmful is when the coin is already in poor condition, and conservation serves a purpose. </p><p><br /></p><p>Running coins under water can be detected by the right eye. Maybe i mis-said my original statement. Harsh cleaning is not really an official designation. Coins can be said to be improperly cleaned, which can be easily detected by TPGs. Harshly cleaned is a just a term thrown around in numismatics, for example, if you see a dull battle ship grey morgan, with micro scratches, very fine; someone might say it was harshly cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>The harsh comes from those little scratches. I am not talking about hair lines or cicrculation damage, but more so from a fine brush that was used to enhance the cleaning on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t really matter what you want to call it. Cleaning is cleaning, be it harsh or not. If not done properly or it is not necessary, it almost always be not be beneficial to the coin in question.</p><p><br /></p><p>When can you tell a coin needs it? If you really want a coin preserved, you are better to leave it to the experts, such as NCS. Atleast if they can conserve your coin properly, you will still retain some numismatic value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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