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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1818110, member: 112&quot;]No, you misunderstand. There are two things - cleaning, and harsh cleaning - and they are very different things. The problem is that when most people use the word &quot;cleaning&quot; what they really mean is &quot;harsh cleaning&quot;. And that is what David Bowers is doing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaning and conservation or clean and conserve are equals, they are synonyms. </p><p><br /></p><p>Can you or anybody else clean or conserve a coin themselves ? Sure, if you know how to do it correctly. Problem is the vast majority of people do not know how to do it correctly. So when they try what they end up doing is harshly cleaning the coin because of their lack of knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s no great mystery, it&#039;s just that are very, very, few acceptable methods for cleaning a coin. And they all have to be done correctly or the coin will be damaged. And since most people don&#039;t know how to do it correctly they prefer to pay somebody who does to do it for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s just like buying a suit of clothes or fixing your car, you can make the suit at home or fix the car in your driveway. But only if you know how. Most people don&#039;t. So they pay somebody to do it for them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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