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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3792390, member: 51347"]Personally, I do not clean any of my coins. If I do not like the coin, I do not buy it. I consider a coin's patina an intregal part of its history, so I will not remove it (patina).</p><p><br /></p><p>For every rule, there is always an exception: Another very trusted member of this forum offered to clean a low-cost coin of mine. I allowed it because: he was a well known cleaner of coins; it was a very low cost coin for me; he cleaned it for free; it was not a critical or rare coin; it was a silver based coin. I was very anxious and second-guessing my decision when I sent the coin to him. However, upon return the cleaning was well done. I would probably not do it again per my explaination in my above paragraph.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I have several Roman Republic Aes Grave coins. I have all their various denominations, except for the Semis and above denominations. My next Target is a Semis. If I would had seen your Semis on the market; I would had considered purchasing the Semis in your first pic. However, if I saw it as you list in your second pic; I would not purchase it and would look for alternative Aes Grave Semis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3792390, member: 51347"]Personally, I do not clean any of my coins. If I do not like the coin, I do not buy it. I consider a coin's patina an intregal part of its history, so I will not remove it (patina). For every rule, there is always an exception: Another very trusted member of this forum offered to clean a low-cost coin of mine. I allowed it because: he was a well known cleaner of coins; it was a very low cost coin for me; he cleaned it for free; it was not a critical or rare coin; it was a silver based coin. I was very anxious and second-guessing my decision when I sent the coin to him. However, upon return the cleaning was well done. I would probably not do it again per my explaination in my above paragraph. Personally, I have several Roman Republic Aes Grave coins. I have all their various denominations, except for the Semis and above denominations. My next Target is a Semis. If I would had seen your Semis on the market; I would had considered purchasing the Semis in your first pic. However, if I saw it as you list in your second pic; I would not purchase it and would look for alternative Aes Grave Semis.[/QUOTE]
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