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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 205828, member: 6370&quot;]I dont sell or trade coins and to be honest I like a nice circulated coin and almost all my coins are circulated, I dont particularly care if a coin has been cleaned lightly, I have never understood why, if a coin still has a nice tone or what not&nbsp; light cleaning is so bad...I tend to think its an arbitrary standard and since I dont resale coins it doesnt concern me much (not that have done much more than soaking a particularly grimy coin or 2 in some distilled water or light soap). I like to touch my coins and since almost all my coins are circulated...a few more times being touched aint going to do it no harm...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The only coin I am REAL picky about is my new single gold coin (I have another on the way) and I want to keep the gold in perfect condition because I paid a lot to get an almost FDC quality gold coin...I want to keep it that way...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My ancient coins I do treat gentle just because I think they are important historical coins but I will hold them in hand without gloves as well. They survived more than a thousand years, they will survive a few more times in hand <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would say the main thing that I am very picky about are gashes and a lot of scratches especially on the obv. portrait as the portrait is all important for me...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am about as collector as they come but I collect more for study, history, and portraits than anything else.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I do not hold it against anyone who is super picky...its just the way they approach it and if they are trying to make a buck, good luck <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> My wife would love it if I would make money instead of drain our account on coins...but thats another story. I do think some people can be a bit...tyranical...about how things should be done in this hobby but in the end...you do what you want...it is best to treat a very valuable coin well though as their value DOES make them investments regardless of why you bought it...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I recently started buying Gold...I decided to go down the road of If I see a gold coin I like as a coin...then I will buy it but I just wont start buying stacks of Krugerrands and locking them away...I just cant bring myself to do that so I shop interesting historical coins as I always have..I just include nice gold coins on the menu...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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