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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cwtokenman, post: 139658, member: 2100&quot;]They never indicated that they won&#039;t slab cleaned coins. Check out the tpg websites. They typically indicate that they will not slab HARSHLY (or some comparable term) cleaned coins. I interpret that as meaning a lightly or moderately cleaned WILL be slabbed on a routine basis. I have never seen any tpg claim that any/all cleaned coins will be body bagged. If you find such, I would like to read it myself. I suggest you read their policies firsthand, and make your own decision. Read with an open and discerning mind, don&#039;t just read what you want it to say.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a number of examples of all of the top tpgs even slabbing harshly cleaned and sometimes even post mint damaged coins. Just look on line at descriptions and slab histories of some of the famous rare coins such as 1804 dollars, 1894-S dimes, or any other rarities found on the web (hard to find comparable websites for &quot;common&quot; coins). Breen and other experts have described a number of these coins as &quot;harshly cleaned&quot; and worse, yet they have made it into top tpg slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>In researching tpg sites, I have never found any exclusion/exception clause for slabbing rarites, just statements that such problem coins will NOT be slabbed. Interestingly, one of the 1894-S dimes is thought to be too bad to become slabbed, so if that is true, the rarity exception theory would fail to hold water.</p><p><br /></p><p>How would one explain these problem coins in slabs? The good ol&#039; boys club theory? They must have just missed those theory? Some kind of payoff/payback theory? I&#039;m sure there are many thoughts, but it sure seems like something is fishy to me. I think if I submitted coins in the condition of some of those rarities, I could start a body bag collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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