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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2658183, member: 24314&quot;]This does not count.&nbsp; The <b>original idea</b> as proposed was that <span style="color: #006600"><b>all coins</b></span> submitted would be &quot;cleaned&quot;<span style="color: #b30000"> if needed to remove foreign material</span> or <span style="color: #b30000">the cleaning would raise the eye-appeal and grade.&nbsp; <span style="color: #000000">This was rejected.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">&quot;<span style="color: #ff00ff">Upon Request</span>&quot; are the key words to the service the TPGS&#039;s performed.&nbsp; The two cases we are talking about are <span style="color: #ff00ff">with permission</span> or <span style="color: #006600"><b>without permission</b></span>. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Interesting bit of history.&nbsp; I learned that in the 1970&#039;s ANACS needed to call a few customers requesting to remove the black crud on some &quot;key&quot; coins in order to tell if the mint mark was added.&nbsp; They also got into big trouble when they removed the LIQUID PVC (w/o calling the customer) that a 1936 Proof was covered with in the flip!&nbsp; The coin was sold in auction as having &quot;beautiful sea-green toning.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; ANACS had to pay up.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">After that, a sentence was added to the submission form under the customer&#039;s signature line giving the authentication service permission to clean the coin if necessary for authentication - or something like that. </span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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