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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afm1982, post: 619484, member: 15483&quot;]Wow!, I didn&#039;t think this question would bring up such controversy. All I did was clean off the grime on a few silver kennedy halves I scored at the bank earlier this week, using a bit of nail polish remover. The coins look sooooooo much better now, an I don&#039;t feel badly throwing them in with the other hundred or so that I have. </p><p><br /></p><p>It just worked so well, but I guess everyone has an elbow (&#039;er, I mean opinion.) </p><p><br /></p><p>What it sounds like, is the age old dilemma. Cleaning a coin will cause it to lose value with the most discriminating collectors. However, you are free do do with a coin as you see fit, and so if you like cleaner looking coins, then by all means clean them (especially for those coins of little to no collector value, like grimy circulated bank finds.) </p><p>From the group, I gather that acetone is a pretty good solvent for this purpose, and in and of itself won&#039;t damage the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Did I miss anything?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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