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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 656601, member: 112"]eddie there's a lot of things I can teach people via the internet, but how to clean coins is not one of them. In the first place, I don't know how to clean them myself. I follow my own advice and don't bother trying. </p><p><br /></p><p>'Course I never had any desire to try because I never collected circulated coins to begin with. I haven't looked through my change even once since I was 15 years old. To me, circulated coins are for spending.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I never even would have considered buying what I thought was a dirty MS coin. I followed my own advice on that count too. I only ever bought coins that I was completely happy with - just as they were when I bought them.</p><p><br /></p><p>And no eddie, we don't ignore what the market calls acceptable. I don't ignore it, have never said that I do. On the contrary, I have always done my utmost to make people aware of it and help them learn about it. I have explained in great detail, many times, how to properly use acetone and how to dip a coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I always point out the pitfalls too. And I will always advise people not to even bother trying because of the danger of those pitfalls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 656601, member: 112"]eddie there's a lot of things I can teach people via the internet, but how to clean coins is not one of them. In the first place, I don't know how to clean them myself. I follow my own advice and don't bother trying. 'Course I never had any desire to try because I never collected circulated coins to begin with. I haven't looked through my change even once since I was 15 years old. To me, circulated coins are for spending. And I never even would have considered buying what I thought was a dirty MS coin. I followed my own advice on that count too. I only ever bought coins that I was completely happy with - just as they were when I bought them. And no eddie, we don't ignore what the market calls acceptable. I don't ignore it, have never said that I do. On the contrary, I have always done my utmost to make people aware of it and help them learn about it. I have explained in great detail, many times, how to properly use acetone and how to dip a coin. But I always point out the pitfalls too. And I will always advise people not to even bother trying because of the danger of those pitfalls.[/QUOTE]
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