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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4646919, member: 112"]Just for the sake of clarification, you need to understand something - neither of those coins <b>has</b> any luster. And both are already irreparably damaged by the environmental contamination.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is why paddyman98 is making the suggestion he is making. The baking soda will act as an abrasive, hopefully allowing you scrub off the contaminants and lessen their effects - the look they presently have.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now he'd never make a suggestion like that for most coins, because that method is harsh cleaning. But he did it in this case because the coins are already damaged. So doing what he suggested isn't going to hurt them anymore than they already have been. Nor is it going to alter the value in any way, up or down, because the only value they have is melt value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4646919, member: 112"]Just for the sake of clarification, you need to understand something - neither of those coins [B]has[/B] any luster. And both are already irreparably damaged by the environmental contamination. This is why paddyman98 is making the suggestion he is making. The baking soda will act as an abrasive, hopefully allowing you scrub off the contaminants and lessen their effects - the look they presently have. Now he'd never make a suggestion like that for most coins, because that method is harsh cleaning. But he did it in this case because the coins are already damaged. So doing what he suggested isn't going to hurt them anymore than they already have been. Nor is it going to alter the value in any way, up or down, because the only value they have is melt value.[/QUOTE]
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