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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 25193539, member: 112&quot;]And it still is. The issue causing the confusion is nothing more than the misuse of terminology. The word &quot;clean&quot; has been incorrectly abbreviated. &quot;Clean&quot; is nothing more than a contraction of &quot;harshly clean&quot;, or &quot;improperly clean&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>There never has been a problem with cleaning a coin, cleaning a coin has always been acceptable in the numismatic community. It only becomes a problem and unacceptable when it is done incorrectly.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I completely agree with the bullcrap part. Why ? Because it&#039;s the answer, the euphemism, dreamed up by people (TPGs) who want you to pay them to clean your coins for you. Restoration, conservation, both mean the same thing - clean ! They are simply euphemistic terms used in an effort to placate, or fool, the public into feeling better about what they are paying people to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now understand, there is absolutely nothing wrong with paying people to do something for you that you don&#039;t know how to do yourself. All of us, every single one of us, does that on a very frequent basis. But those people you&#039;re paying should be upfront and completely honest about what it is you&#039;re paying them to do, instead of using euphemistic terminology to make you think they are doing something different than what they are really doing !</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s what makes it bullcrap ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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