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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 538612, member: 112&quot;]Luis learning to recognize harsh/improper cleaning can be one of the hardest things there is to learn in this hobby. The reason for that is because there are so many different methods of cleaning a coin. It simply requires a great deal of experience and hands on examinations of harshly cleaned coins. Sometimes it is quite easy to recognize even with a picture. Other times is very hard to recognize even in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing to always remember is this, it is extremely common for collectors and dealers outside the US to clean their coins. They think nothing of it. It was the same here in the US many years ago, but that is no longer the case. But in Europe, Asia, South America, virtually anywhere else - it can be extremely difficult to find examples that have not been harshly cleaned. And in many cases it is hard to recognize this cleaning unless you are very experienced.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the only way to deal with this issue, until you get that experience, is to only buy coins from people you trust implicitly. People who have a no questions asked return policy. There are plenty of these people out there, you just have to make it a point to only deal with them and nobody else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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