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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rick, post: 63890, member: 1235&quot;]It&#039;s not about collecting for profit.&nbsp; Although some people like to see their collection appreciate in value, others don&#039;t care - both these groups can have an adverse opinion on cleaning.&nbsp; Some people don&#039;t clean because they figure that some coins in their collection have survived, through some miracle, for 50 or more years without being heavily worn or cleaned - they don&#039;t want to be the one that changes that.&nbsp; Some people like to just not mess with a coin - you can&#039;t go back in time, and make a coin undirty - but if you clean it, chances are you are doing something that will damage the surface of that coin more than the dirt that was already there - so why mess with it?&nbsp; You can&#039;t fix what has already been done, but you CAN damage it more.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And I do agree with what has been said, already - if you stick with the hobby, down the road you will change your stance on cleaning a bit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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