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Message:: [QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 752253, member: 16510"]Value depends on many, many factors. Value depends on many, many factors.  When asking a question like this you need to be much more clear on what you want to learn.I will try to give you the long answer, the short answer and the "it depends answer, (which is always the most true answer for any question ever asked)! Long answer - it depends!  If an other wise mint state coin worth $1000 (not cleaned) is harshly cleaned the value could drop to $200, maybe less.If lightly cleaned or conditioned by an true expert it may end up being worth $1200.  If a common circ. coin that is not a key or semi-key is cleaned who cares???  If cleaning takes away metal to any degree except micoscopic the coin can be ruined.  If on copper it changes the origianal color it may be ruined - they stand out a mile away.And on and on and on, volumes can be written about this and it takes about 10 years to even start to get grasp on your questions. The short answer: It depends, most cleaned coins will lose on average at least 3 grades so if low AU it should end up being a fine, maybe a high fine but still a fine. The it depends answer, ahh, you guessed it "It depends"!!! To have a good amount of knowledge on this subject like any subject takes years and looking at 10's of thousands of coins.  Cleaned coins are problem coins, hard to sell, hard to buy, hard to trade - they have started to be ruined and it will effect their value and life.  Nobody wants them and they should be priced as such. If you are looking for a guild to pricing cleaned coins there is no such thing other than the one you will (over time ) establish in your own mind.[/QUOTE]

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