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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 188629, member: 2972&quot;]This is a good perspective and one I&#039;d like to take a minute to expound on...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m often hard on cleaned coins, perhaps overly so, but I really don&#039;t like old coins that are completely white like the present example.&nbsp; It&#039;s not so much the look (although they do look unnatural) as much as you have no idea what the coin is going to look like once it has retoned in a few years.&nbsp; It may very well turn out to be be splotchy or otherwise unattractive, as is often the case for harshly cleaned coins or ones improperly dipped.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, I am more accepting of coins with old cleanings that have since retoned, as their look is much more likely to be stable than one &quot;just dipped&quot;.&nbsp; Zaneman&#039;s draped bust quarter posted tonight is a good example of a coin that has likely been cleaned but would still be considered acceptable -- to me at least.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my opinion and personal preference, nothing more....Mike</p><p><br /></p><p>[edited for clarity][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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