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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 633438, member: 12965&quot;]Post pics of it. Hard to answer the question without seeing what the damage is. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As to the cleaning, my understanding is cleaning a coin isn&#039;t inofitself a no-no, it&#039;s how you clean it that can be a no-no. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> There are right ways and wrong ways and on slabbed coins you will see the TPG designating one Improperly Cleaned, which will hurt the value but a proper cleaning generally won&#039;t hurt the value and most times, it will increase the value by optimizing the eye appeal. :kewl:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Exactly! :thumb: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some coins may have ugly toning and shouldn&#039;t be cleaned but there is no reason to leave dirt on a coin. :goof: I can&#039;t believe NGC slabbed that coin as dirty as it was. :goof: However, they can continue doing that since it keeps the price down to where I can afford them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I got that one for less than $100 and it&#039;s easily worth a whole lot more than that but with the way it looked in the slab, it didn&#039;t surprise me that it stayed cheap. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And with how it turned out after cleaning it, I&#039;m tickled with it. :thumb:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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