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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Harpagon coins, post: 1955066, member: 71578&quot;]Thank you to all. Great comments and effort. Much appreciated. I personally feel that by not being an American (US) I have difficulty understanding the almost puritanical view in relation to cleaned coins. Please don&#039;t take offence to the previous sentence, as this exactly view is very useful in many areas. It is just that I have a lot of difficulty in believing that one, silver coins over time don&#039;t darken in tone, and two, that there are many coins - in the UNC range of German state thalers and their fractionals that have never been touched. I have seen coins that have been slabbed with dubious toning and suspicious marks. I was simply a little disappointed to get this one back as such. All the same I love this coin, because in this state of preservation it is actually hard to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently I sent a batch of coins and some with scratches came back with the same grade as some that were obviously superior. I perhaps have a few issues with the consistency of TPGS. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again for the help - it is important for me to understand the underlying premise of why it wasn&#039;t graded and I think I managed to get that from your responses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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