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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ghostrider, post: 44864, member: 2660&quot;]Being fairly new to collecting I have been wondering what the rationale is behind never cleaning a coin. I know that a brand new coin has the mint luster and the perfection behind the original beauty. What I really have a problem with is that once a coin has been circulated it&#039;s value deminishes in conjunction with it&#039;s wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think about this!! Most circulated coins prior to say 1980 were exposed to large amounts of cigarette smoke. Get ahold of a coin from the 20&#039;s or 30&#039;s and it has a sticky surface, which I am guessing is at least partly Tar and Nicotine. Why not clean that crud off and bring out the fine details that are lost to everyday crud attached to the coin along with the cigarette smoke residue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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