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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cazkaboom, post: 1718877, member: 33215&quot;]<font size="3"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Lucida Grande">One of the most preached things when it comes to coin advice is the term &quot;Don&#039;t clean your coins!&quot; To some people, this has become a habit, or even an instinct. When somebody mentions cleaning a coin, those parrots hear it from states or continents away and come in to re-preach those words.</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Lucida Grande">But when a coin looks so vile and in dire need of a &quot;proper&quot; cleaning, it must be done. </font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Lucida Grande">I present to the court, Exhibit A: This coin was an instinct purchase. I saw obverse color, cheap dollar tags, and a proof to boot. I did not thoroughly inspect the reverse because I was entranced by the other coins cascading from my hands and those on the dealer&#039;s table.</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Lucida Grande">When I brought the coin home and started imaging my haul, I came across this and stopped. I finally was able to take the reverse into consideration when I saw how terminal the toning was. I shot some quick pictures of it, no worries on quality because I knew I was going to try something with it.</font></span></font></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/577450_501898973180469_1240230928_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/576190_501898966513803_2140450855_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Lucida Grande">I held onto the coin for months doing nothing with it. I hid it away from the rest of the coins because I did not want it to deter my eyes from the rest of my coins. I treated this coin as the red-headed stepchild, ignored and cared for the others more.</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Lucida Grande">I dug the coin up when I decided to send some other coins to Greg to image and thought I&#039;d ask if he could do a cleaning on it for me. </font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Lucida Grande">All I can say is that this has got to be one of the best turnouts I could hope for. Greg managed to dip the reverse without doing harm to the obverse toning. And now the coin has its mirrors back!</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><img src="http://cdn3.sharemyco.in/shared_06d1899a60a819a3c1d282a9f43889fa4551a44e980b3e0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Lucida Grande">So when you are told not to clean your coins, I will be here to preach proper cleaning and safe methods. There are times when it is okay to clean your coins, times where it is needed and times where you should just not touch your coins at all.</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #333333"><font face="Lucida Grande">I&#039;d like to say thanks to Greg publicly for doing this for me, and that I am beyond pleased for the work he did for me. Thanks Greg!</font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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