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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsden, post: 18362779, member: 38010&quot;]Agreed.&nbsp; The impetus for this thread (and the AT one, even) is seeing people say &quot;if the coin has been cleaned, it&#039;s worth only bullion value&quot; which is patently ridiculous.&nbsp; It sends newbs into a frenzy of fear that perhaps there has been imperceptible cleaning on a given coin at some time in the past.&nbsp; When in fact that&#039;s not uncommon at all--what matters (to me, anyway) is whether or not the coin was damaged in the process.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, the TPGs aren&#039;t always helpful.&nbsp; It&#039;s useful when they point out striations which show up under a loupe but I&#039;ve seen &#039;cleaned&#039; coins where that isn&#039;t the case.&nbsp; Like most of us, I naturally assume they&#039;ve found something I can&#039;t.&nbsp; But in that case, I sometimes perceive a buying opportunity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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