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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;10gary22, post: 1471492, member: 23626&quot;]There isn&#039;t any set rule !! I got a friend who has discovered more varieties of Lincolns than most people even own. He has a set of (not all discovered by him of course) of over 1400 varieties and he cleans EVERY batch of cents before searching through them. I routinely clean junk silver. But the reason is as important as the method.</p><p><br /></p><p>First some coins should not be cleaned !!! Never ! No restoration !</p><p>Others sure can&#039;t be devalued much if any by doing a proper job. Most older circulated coins have had some type of cleaning if just run through a washing machine in the pocket of a pair of jeans.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a judgement call that you guess at. IMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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