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If you submit a "dirty" coin to be graded, will the graders attempt to grade it or just bo

ScavengerScavenger Posts: 987
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I guess the question is - Will the graders attempt to lightly brush, wipe or any other means to improve a coins appearance, or do they have strict guidelines not to attempt this in any way.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Depends on how dirty. If its too dirt it will be BB for enviornmental damage. I doubt they would try to clean it since brushing away dirt may damage the coin by hairlining it.

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  • CoinResourceCoinResource Posts: 1,113
    Grade or BB it, unless you send it to NCS!!
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  • ColorfulcoinsColorfulcoins Posts: 3,371 ✭✭✭
    I've had some reasonably dirty coins slabbed.......for low grade coins its probably a lot more acceptable!
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  • raysrays Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've had some Gold coins dipped by PCGS after I submitted them for slabbing. They were vastly improved, too. They seem to know what they are doing.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,814 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I've had some Gold coins dipped by PCGS after I submitted them for slabbing. They were vastly improved, too. They seem to know what they are doing. >>



    Did they ask permission before dipping your coin? I didn't think PCGS cleaned coins. If they did it without permission, I can see some anti-cleaning fanatics raising he11.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • raysrays Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>I've had some Gold coins dipped by PCGS after I submitted them for slabbing. They were vastly improved, too. They seem to know what they are doing. >>



    Did they ask permission before dipping your coin? I didn't think PCGS cleaned coins. If they did it without permission, I can see some anti-cleaning fanatics raising he11. >>



    No , they didn't ask. The just removed some filmy haze.

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