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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eddiespin, post: 4586070, member: 4920&quot;]Sure. I think it still has a market but as a cleaned coin. Understand this about cleaning. The scratches are distracting. But mint state coins have scratches too, and cuts and bruises. The big deal with the cleaning is it imparts a deadened, two-dimensional, flat look to the coin, from removing the mint luster. That’s like taking the sparkle out of a diamond and reducing it to the look of a piece of glass.&nbsp; And this is the thing about luster. Once it’s gone, it’s gone for life, and there’s no getting it back. And yet, it’s the “life” of a coin. It’s what gives the coin bounce, liveliness. That’s the best I’m going to try to explain it here. But that’s it, in a nut, why you don’t want to clean coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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