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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 24622537, member: 112&quot;]Well, there are many, to use your word, &quot;conditions&quot;. PVC contamination is merely one of them. But virtually all conditions, including toning if left unchecked, will do further damage to a coin. The vast majority of all coins we have available to us would not exist in their present state if they had not been properly cleaned one or more times during the course of their life. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s just it, &quot;prettier&quot; of course is defined by the eye of the beholder. What one finds pretty another will find ugly. I will grant you however that there are many times when proper cleaning is utilized specifically to make a coin prettier. </p><p><br /></p><p>We must however at the same time realize that even when &quot;prettier&quot; is the justification being used to properly clean a coin, there are very often other significant benefits that are gained by proper cleaning, even when you are not seeking them out. Value is one. There are many coins, a great many in fact, where the value of that coin is doubled, or more, as a result of proper cleaning. Yet another, and arguably the single most common benefit, is preservation, prolonging the life and beauty of that coin - the exact same reason you yourself specify. And that I mentioned in my first paragraph above.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is why I say - </p><p><br /></p><p>harsh/improper cleaning = bad</p><p><br /></p><p>proper cleaning = good[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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