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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8126703, member: 24314&quot;]The toning streaks are there to stay <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> IMO.&nbsp; They can be lessened but will always return.&nbsp; The black spots can be removed but some of them will probably leave a tiny gray etched spot.&nbsp; I call any conservation to a <b>small area</b> of a coin (spotted or not)&nbsp; &quot;spot conservation.&quot;&nbsp; It is done using a microscope and I seriously doubt <b>most</b> folks working at a TPGS can do a decent job of it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> IMO, most of them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> would just dip the coin and send it back! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Proper conservation of that coin would probably take over a half hour <b>USING A STEREO SCOPE</b>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, yes Virginia there is a <b><i><span style="color: #b30000">Sa</span><span style="color: #006600">nt</span><span style="color: #b30000">a</span> <span style="color: #006600">Cl</span><span style="color: #b30000">au</span><span style="color: #006633">s </span></i></b><span style="color: #000000">but he ain&#039;t working in CA or CO.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather trust my nickel to a skilled coin doctor rather than either of them.&nbsp; </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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