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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3528017, member: 112"]It's almost a certainty that they were there before the coin was ever sent in - they just couldn't be seen until after the cleaning because whatever was removed by the cleaning was covering them up, hiding them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a better chance of winning the powerball lottery - twice in a row - than there is of that statement being true !</p><p><br /></p><p>There is and always has been a inherent risk when a coin, any coin, is cleaned. The risk is that whatever you are removing from the coin, once it is removed, it may reveal other underlying problems that could not be seen prior to the cleaning. This risk exist no matter what method you use to clean the coin. Rinsing coins in distilled water, acetone, xylene, coin dip, or any other chemical concoction - any and all of these things may reveal previously hidden and underlying problems. And one of the most common of these hidden problems is hairlines.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3528017, member: 112"]It's almost a certainty that they were there before the coin was ever sent in - they just couldn't be seen until after the cleaning because whatever was removed by the cleaning was covering them up, hiding them. There is a better chance of winning the powerball lottery - twice in a row - than there is of that statement being true ! There is and always has been a inherent risk when a coin, any coin, is cleaned. The risk is that whatever you are removing from the coin, once it is removed, it may reveal other underlying problems that could not be seen prior to the cleaning. This risk exist no matter what method you use to clean the coin. Rinsing coins in distilled water, acetone, xylene, coin dip, or any other chemical concoction - any and all of these things may reveal previously hidden and underlying problems. And one of the most common of these hidden problems is hairlines.[/QUOTE]
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