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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 831631, member: 13650&quot;]It&#039;s ok.&nbsp; You&#039;re not the first person to do it and definitely not the last.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure your son meant well by coming up with the logical solution but in reality, it kills the value.&nbsp;&nbsp; The problem is, polishing with anything, leaves fine scratches all over the surface that are permanent.&nbsp; They are highly visible under magnification.&nbsp; There&#039;s no going back once it&#039;s done.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; It used to be common practice to clean coins in the old days and generally was accepted.&nbsp; But I think they were pretty careful about it.&nbsp; A brillo pad would be considered &quot;harshly cleaned&quot; and they could never get more than that on the slab.&nbsp; They&#039;re ungradeable now.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Collectors who pay big money for coins strive to find uncleaned ones with original surfaces.&nbsp; Even if they&#039;re black.&nbsp; That&#039;s just a natural process they go through.&nbsp; Eventually what you cleaned will be black again some day.&nbsp;&nbsp; At least you came here and now you know for the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;You&#039;re only 50% at fault.&nbsp; Your uncle takes the other 50% of the blame for not educating anybody about them or leaving notes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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