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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 63986, member: 112&quot;]You&#039;re right of course - which is kind of what OldDan was saying with his earlier comment about it being relative.</p><p><br /></p><p>But please understand, there are a lot of new and relatively inexperienced collectors out there who access this site. Many of them read it every single day - but yet they never make a post. They read to learn. And what do you suppose they would learn if they see the members here saying it is OK to clean coins ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Would they realize the difference or would they possibly ruin or reduce the value of one or all of their coins because they thought it was alright to clean them ? Would they simply rinse them off in distilled water or would they get out the toothbrush ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Suppose one of them had a nice old, original colonial copper that had been in the family for a generation or two. And they think it would look better if it was cleaner - maybe even be worth more. So they go about cleaning it up. Then something happens in their family and they need $$$$. So they take the coins they&#039;ve inherited, and cleaned up so they look better, to the local coin shop. And what was a $5,000 coin is now a $1,000 coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah - maybe you and I know that cleaning a well worn and circulated Lincoln cent or Washington quarter isn&#039;t going to hurt it any, what&#039;s to hurt after all -&nbsp; but they don&#039;t. And they might just think it applies to any coin. And anybody who thinks that cleaning can&#039;t be distinguished from wear - ya need to think some more. Because it can.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s why I at least try to always be so consistent with my answers to questions - especially about cleaning coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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