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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 515173, member: 112&quot;]maksimfa - never use soap. Soap leaves a residue on the coins that is difficult to get off. And it will harm the coins down the road.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you hold a coin correctly you don&#039;t have to worry about your hands getting dirty. Hold them by the edges only. </p><p><br /></p><p>But when you are searching through a large amount of coins that can be rather hard to do, I know. So don&#039;t worry about, you can wash your hands after and not hurt anything. Washing the coins however may hurt them. So it is best to just leave them alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would suggest that you spend some time reading what you can find in this section of the forum - <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/f33/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/f33/">Numismatic Resources</a> - and I would start with this section first - <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t13996/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t13996/">Beginning Coin Collecting</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>You can find answers to just about all of your questions by spending some time in that section of the forum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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