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Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Diogenes Diaz, Jun 21, 2020.

  1. Diogenes Diaz

    Diogenes Diaz Active Member

    Everybody is always saying never to clean your coins and I wonder does that go for polishing your coins??
     
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  3. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Yes
     
  4. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Definitely YES
     
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  5. GH#75

    GH#75 Trying to get 8 hours of sleep in 4. . .

    There are ways to properly clean coins, but you probably shouldn't clean coins that are more expensive. Even if you are properly cleaning them. Polished coins can look cool, but don't do it to an expensive coin because then the coin will only be worth a fraction of what it used to be worth if polished.
     
  6. JickyD

    JickyD Active Member

    To my eye, polishing is the worst form of cleaning, particularly copper coins.
     
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  7. Legomaster1

    Legomaster1 Cointalk Patron

    Cleaning and polishing a coin both equate to damage. Polishing wears off high points and details of a coin, decreasing it's value by a great deal. Cleaning a coin can also lead a coin to lose most of it's original detail.
     
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  8. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    It KILLS the value. No one will buy that coin.
     
  9. toned_morgan

    toned_morgan Toning Lover

    Polishing doesn't even look nice. Basically, anything that changes it is bad.
     
  10. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Supporter! Supporter

    Anything that removes the surface of a coin is cleaning, and that IMO is what polishing does. It is currently a given that you should never touch or do anything to the surface of a collectable coin as it will devalue it.
     
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