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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wacky1980, post: 1238517, member: 32383&quot;]ok, i&#039;m just gonna ask because i&#039;m apparently missing something. i get that cleaning is a no-no. i learned that the hard way with lemon juice, a toothbrush, and a 1909 vdb wheatie. but how is one supposed to appreciate a coin that&#039;s been pulled out of a decades-long soil bath <i>without</i> cleaning it up a bit? i didn&#039;t soak it in cleaners or scrape it with anything except my fingernail. a little bit of rubbing between my thumb and index finger, and those pics are the result. spent maybe 2 minutes cleaning it up altogether.</p><p><br /></p><p>so even that small amount of work was too much?</p><p><br /></p><p>in the end, i&#039;m not sure that it really matters though. i&#039;m just adding it to a collection of coins that i have no intention of selling; i only like to know their value. i like my coins clean (as in, not covered in dirt) and if that is a bad thing, i don&#039;t really care.</p><p><br /></p><p>yes, i did come here and ask the value, and you&#039;re all just being honest with your opinions. so i brought this upon myself then. if that&#039;s the case, please educate me. what would you do if you found a coin in the mud, and you weren&#039;t about to make a special trip to a dealer to have it cleaned? would you just leave it dirty and hope you have something awesome, or would you remove some of the dirt, and remove any doubt?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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