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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 1704542, member: 22331&quot;]<b>An OP Directed Stated!!</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Unlike your statement which I believe added little of enlightenment, possibly only referring to my post #29?, I&#039;ll relate the post to the OP subject. Minimally, a reference would have helped continuity of thread. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I believe the thread was titled &quot;</b><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t227265/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t227265/">How bad does cleaning hurt Key Date coins?</a><b>&quot;. A query? was posted subsequent to my post #8, that I felt obligated to answer with decorum. I tried to answer the question and yet maintain continuity relative to thread subject. </b></p><p><b></b><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>I believe my summative statement is OP directed. &quot;</b></span><b>I&#039;ve been a party to coins being certified &quot;cleaned&quot; by a stringent &quot;old school&quot; TPG, submitted to a &quot;Market&quot; grading TPG, realizing a &quot;Mint State&quot; grade. I suspect many viewing this forum have had/known similar experiences. Regardless, I have shown TPG coins without a &quot;cleaned&quot; designation that I believe would be adjudicated as &quot;altered state&quot; coins. I believe the condition of questionable certification denies the argument that &quot;<span style="color: #FF0000">properly cleaned coins are undetectable</span><b>&quot;.&quot; </b></b></p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p><b><b>The crux of my summation was</b></b><b><b> that since TPG are assigning grades without exceptions to &quot;cleaned&quot; coins, the condition may be irrelevant to diminished value.</b></b></p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p><b><b>I trust this expansion to my post immediately preceding your directed comment may clarify my intended continuity of thread. If your comment was unintended for my post, I apologize for the elaboration. </b></b>:bow:<span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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