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RecedingHairlines New Member United States 35 Posts	Posted 02/05/2014 10:05 am As we know, NGC (unlike PCGS) has 2 categories of cleaning, harshly cleaned and improperly cleaned. Here's a coin that would appear to be harshly cleaned, judging from those long vertical scars on it no doubt inflicted by a Brillo pad or one of those wire wheels I clean my golf shoes on. But NGC says no, this coin is merely improperly cleaned. Personally, I'm puzzled. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1921-Peace-...em1e86cbb097 Report this Post to the Staff

SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 02/05/2014 2:31 pm I'll confess to being puzzled myself. It's my understanding that - generally - NGC invokes the term "harshly" when the cleaning becomes plainly visible on major devices, meaning the coin linked certainly qualifies. Report this Post to the Staff
tomtom777 Valued Member United States 243 Posts	Posted 02/05/2014 2:55 pm That is definitely a harsh cleaning. I guy the person grading it that day was in a good mood. Report this Post to the Staff
kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 02/05/2014 5:28 pm IMO the question is moot. It's been abrasively cleaned. It's value would be the same either way. Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5832 Posts	Posted 02/05/2014 6:00 pm Improper cleaned would be harder to detect on the naked eye level, harsh cleaning is detected without the help of any devices. I sometime think the grader push the wrong keyboard button by accident, or too busy to correct it. Report this Post to the Staff
noD Pillar of the Community United States 1584 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 12:15 pm Looks like they used the noD method of silver coin photography. She's a goner. I agree NGC should have used 'harshly cleaned". Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 7:03 pm Are you sure they have two different categories, or do they just use the terms interchangeably? Report this Post to the Staff
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