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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chip Kirkpatrick, post: 3627826, member: 101265&quot;]EVERY TIME I raise the question of cleaning coins, there is a hue and cry that makes the Salem witch trials look very tame indeed. Obviously there is some true pain much like certain groups felt the morning after the 2016 Presidential elections. I expect a crowd of torch wielding Spanish Inquistadors to start pounding on my doors screaming “BLASPHEMERS!” and awakening my neighbors.</p><p><br /></p><p>That’s ok. I’m used to it. I have in-laws.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my question is : DOES IT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Does somebody pay more for a coin that is cruddy, muddy, and mostly unseen versus a coin where you can easily see the beauty and the flaws in it?</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m kind of comparing it to an arranged marriage. If one option is coveted head to toe in a burkhah and has lovely eyes but the rest is invisible and the one behind Door #2 has a bikini and I can see stretch marks, scars and tattoos but overall is a pleasing package, which one holds more value to me?</p><p><br /></p><p>Please understand I am saying this mostly tongue in cheek but also with a liberal dash of true wonderment as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or am I full of <span style="color: #ff4d4d">edited</span>. Again?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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