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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8185010, member: 24314&quot;]That&#039;s because <i>the <span style="color: #b30000">point being made</span></i> shows the poster <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> possibly did not understand the meaning of &quot;proper&quot; cleaning and confused it with a &quot;surface alteration.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Nevertheless, what he posted is true - customs change. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; If you cannot detect that a coin is <b><i><span style="color: #b30000">properly</span></i></b> cleaned <b>today</b> using your eyes or 10X magnification, because there is absolutely no evidence, the same will be true in the future.&nbsp; That is not the same as tooling its design, coating it with lacquer, or cleaning it with baking soda - all once acceptable.&nbsp; IMHO, over 70% of &quot;original,&quot; problem-free, straight graded VINTAGE coins in the market today have been cleaned at some time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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