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<p>[QUOTE="omahaorange, post: 1365314, member: 28199"]I'll start with woody:</p><p><br /></p><p>An eraser cleans because it is abrasive, just like sandpaper. Sandpaper comes in varying grits (coarseness) and in woodworking, the trick to getting a shiny surface is to smooth it with finer grits of sandpaper. The higher the number, the finer the grit. Each grit is designed to remove the scratching left by the previous grit. It still leaves scratches, but you don't notice the finer ones with the naked eye. They are still there, and the surface looks shinier because the scratches are minute. Hope this helps.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, back to the topic at hand, the problem is not with cleaning coins, but with passing those cleaned coins off as higher grades than what they are to make more money off the sale. If the OP thought he could increase the value of the coin by doing this, than that's what is wrong with the process. Here we are talking about a low value coin and an experiment (I hope) so what's the harm? Had he done this to a cc Morgan, then tried to sell it as being in a higher condition, then the ethics of cleaning come into play. But they are his coins, so he can do want he wants (or she).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="omahaorange, post: 1365314, member: 28199"]I'll start with woody: An eraser cleans because it is abrasive, just like sandpaper. Sandpaper comes in varying grits (coarseness) and in woodworking, the trick to getting a shiny surface is to smooth it with finer grits of sandpaper. The higher the number, the finer the grit. Each grit is designed to remove the scratching left by the previous grit. It still leaves scratches, but you don't notice the finer ones with the naked eye. They are still there, and the surface looks shinier because the scratches are minute. Hope this helps. Now, back to the topic at hand, the problem is not with cleaning coins, but with passing those cleaned coins off as higher grades than what they are to make more money off the sale. If the OP thought he could increase the value of the coin by doing this, than that's what is wrong with the process. Here we are talking about a low value coin and an experiment (I hope) so what's the harm? Had he done this to a cc Morgan, then tried to sell it as being in a higher condition, then the ethics of cleaning come into play. But they are his coins, so he can do want he wants (or she).[/QUOTE]
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