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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1900356, member: 26302&quot;]I agree. Its been common on this board sometimes to say proper cleaning is &quot;conservation&quot; and improper cleaning is &quot;cleaning&quot;. I have never bought that, though, since me soaking an ancient in distilled water and brushing off some excess dirt is not &quot;conserving&quot; the coin. The coin would problably be best conserved by leaving the stable dirt on it, but I would not enjoy the coin. However, dipping an overtoned coin or digging out and treating a spot of bronze disease IS &quot;conserving&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, it would be nice to say &quot;proper cleaning&quot; should be labeled &quot;conservation&quot; to differentiate it from the carnage of destroyed coins that is newbie &quot;cleaning&quot;, but I do not think that is correct. The differentiation should be between &quot;proper cleaning&quot; and &quot;newbie I do not know what I am doing so I am going to destroy a coin cleaning&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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