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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OldGoldGuy, post: 2128328, member: 72697&quot;]It is 100% possible to clean a coin and have it grade. I speak from experience. However, to answer your question, yes, the TPGs do it for the monopoly on the service <i>as well as</i> the duties performed whilst grading. If a coin is inspected and has <i>evidence </i>of cleaning, it is cleaned, period end of sentence. It gets, and deserves the details grade. And that is the key, if it is evident, it is improperly cleaned. Part of the comfort of buying a slabbed coin is the reassurance you know exactly what it is you are getting. I want that security, you want it too. Now, if you know what you are doing, you can clean a coin properly, and with your archeological background, I do not think it would take you much time if any to properly do so. Just start out on a cheapie, not a key date or rarity. I have some before and after photos of a Kennedy I experimented on that I will try to find to give you an idea of what I, a non-expert, is capable of.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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