Paul Pecora

i am P***ED OFF. JUST GOT MY 1912-s LINCOLN CENT BACK FROM NGC. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY GRADED BY ONE OF THE BOILER ROOM COMPANIES. NGC SENT IT BACK WITH "UNC DETAILS   CLEANED."  NOT IMPROPERLY CLEANED. THIS " CLEANING" STUFF I FEEL IS SOMETIMES B.S.  WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A HORDE OF MORGANS IS FOUND IN THE BOTTOM OF A  CAN FILLED WITH MOTOR OIL ? DO YOU NOT "CLEAN" THEM ? SO, I GUESS THEY WOULD ALL BE RENDERED "WORTHLESS." THE COIN I SENT WAS  IN A SLAB. THE PRIOR GRADE WAS MS66RD. BTW NGC VALUES IT AT $21,500. NOW I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD RECEIVE THE SAME GRADE, BUT NOT THIS "CLEANED" DESIGNATION. AND NO ONE, BUT NO ONE CAN CONVINCE ME THAT A COIN CANNOT BE RESTORED. OH, AND DON'T TRY TO TELL ME THAT THE BIG GUYS DON'T HAVE CERTAIN "IMPERFECTIONS" IGNORED. IT GOES WITH THE TURF. MONEY TALKS. SO, NOW I HAVE A COIN THAT'S IS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE, BUT ESSENTIALLY WORTHLESS. OH, COINS FROM THE 1700S AND 1800S WERE NEVER WIPED WITH FINGERS, A CLOTH, OR SANDPAPER. SO FOR 200-300 YEARS THEY SAT AROUND UNTOUCHED, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD RATE "UNC DETAILS  CLEANED."  HOW LONG HAS THIS "CLEANED" DESIGNATION BEEN IN THE GRADING PROCESS ?  CIAO.