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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Daenegger, post: 2128314, member: 74299&quot;]I&#039;m not a troll. My dexterity skill is way too low.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no hyperbole present; just genuine curiosity and excellent grammer with terrable spelling.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am actually an archaeologist and preservationist who happened to recently became interested in American coins after splitting up my deceased grandfather&#039;s collection between my siblings, cousins and myself.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My background lies in prehistoric archaeology and I have a fair collection of Roman Denarius.&nbsp; I&#039;m well versed in the preservation of silver coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both NGC and PCGS will give a details grade that just says cleaned without further explanation.&nbsp; A quick scroll through Ebay will turn up several hundred of them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I was and still am wondering at the rationale of keeping coins filthy just for the sake of keeping them filthy.</p><p><br /></p><p>A side note on the hyperbole: I&#039;m very good at what I do and the idea that doing professional grade conservation myself would somehow devalue my coin(s) is very strange and unsettling.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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