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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 2377195, member: 37839&quot;]The point is that any cleaned coin is essentially worthless, UNLESS it is a rare key date.&nbsp; Originally TPGs would refuse to grade a cleaned or damaged&nbsp; coin, and not even put it in a holder--This was called &quot;body bagging.&quot;&nbsp; The coin was returned in a flip, with an explanation of why it was upgradable.&nbsp; TPGs have become more lenient, as they now put coins in &quot;details&quot; slabs, for the convenience of the consumer, not the good of the hobby,&nbsp; I can see putting an 1893s or 1889cc Morgan in a slab, as they are expensive key dates, but worth much less as details coins, as opposed to graded ones.&nbsp; However, putting a common date Morgan in a details slab doesn&#039;t increase its value, and really--who cares what grade it is if the coin is that badly damaged?&nbsp; It is still worth melt, and not anything more, unless it is a special date.&nbsp; This is a somewhat better date,--not a key by any means, but would have bene a decent coin without the cleaning.&nbsp; However, it is damaged beyond any commercial value IMHO.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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