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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 24904609, member: 134416&quot;]That&#039;s very nice of you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yep, those were about the quality of the 2004 era coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actual uncleaneds are getting much harder to find.&nbsp; Perhaps the OP could just leave the current ones (or some of them) as-is, as a learning tool?&nbsp; It&#039;s kind of neat to have a little hoard of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I know what it&#039;s like to be a budget collector. I had to be in that realm for quite a time.&nbsp; Speaking from 30 years experience, I&#039;ve been happier with the nicer ones. Oh, there are some middle to lower grade rarities that I&#039;m quite happy with, but generally speaking, it&#039;s better to go for nice examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1600704[/ATTACH]</p><p>This was around $25.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure with looking, one could find a better deal.&nbsp; It&#039;s really cute in hand and has a lot of silvering.&nbsp; With some searching, one can find them relatively decent for $15.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people do enjoy the process of cleaning and find it relaxing.&nbsp; I can totally respect that.&nbsp; Speaking from the experience of my own mistakes, I&#039;d learn as much as I could about cleaning before actually doing it.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be fair,the OP has better results than I achieved with my uncleaneds. Olive oil just resulted in a goopy mess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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