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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1632159, member: 112&quot;]On the contrary, I especially do it to help new collectors. Do you have any idea how many times a collector, and not necessarily one new to the hobby either, has asked the question similar to this - but isn&#039;t that cleaning ? - after being told to rinse/wash/soak/clean (pick your word) his coin in acetone, distilled water, xylene, or even a commercial coin dip ? </p><p><br /></p><p>What do you call it if that isn&#039;t cleaning ? That&#039;s why I differentiate between the terms cleaning and harsh cleaning, because they are different. Even PCGS calls it harsh cleaning. And as far as using the word conserve goes, one of the definitions of conserve is to clean or remove dirt from something. Clean and conserve are synonymous - they both mean the same thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a general rule, people speak plain English and cleaning has a specific definition, and harsh cleaning has a distinctly different definition. Especially when you are talking about coins. And all too many people have never heard of the word conserve being used when talking about coins, they don&#039;t understand. But if say cleaning, and harsh cleaning, that they do understand because it is plain English.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the mantras of coin collecting is &quot;never clean your coins&quot;. Well there&#039;s a problem with that because it confuses people. After being told or reading 100 times to never clean your coins they don&#039;t understand that you can safely clean your coins as long as you do it properly. Removing dirt and grime, or PVC residue, or other organic contaminants, from coins is cleaning those coins. And it is perfectly OK and harmless to the coins if you do it properly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you, or anybody else, wishes to say that rinsing coins in distilled water is conserving them, fine, be my guest. But that does not make using the word cleaning when speaking of the exact same process incorrect. Because that is exactly what you are doing - you are cleaning the dirt and grime off of the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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