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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 993246, member: 19463&quot;]You asked your question in a forum frequented by people who value a perfect 2010 nickel higher than a VF 1794 large cent found by a metal detectorist and washed off with a toothbrush.&nbsp; If you asked your question in a metal detector/treasure hunter forum, the answer would be different but they still would tell you to stay away from the eraser unless the coin was really caked with dirt.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Any and everything you do to a coin will lessen or destroy its value to purists who would not even add to their collection 99% of the coins made at the mint because they suffered bagmarks or other difficulties making them less than perfect.&nbsp; The truth about cleaning is that anyone asking that question undoubtedly knows little enough about the subject that they will lower the value of every coin they touch.&nbsp; For that matter, spending a coin lowers the value of a coin making an MS-65 into AU in almost no time flat.&nbsp; I suggest you not clean coins until you determine that they are already ruined to the mainstream collectors and you need to do something to make them more pleasing to you.&nbsp; If you only care about the value of the coin, leave that dirt caked over the date and let someone else find out what date it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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