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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Richard M. Renneboog, post: 2858444, member: 89693&quot;]GDJMSP, everybody with a brain knows that a coin has a collector value according to its grade and that doing anything that intentionally alters the qualities of that coin that are responsible for that grade and value ist verboten. That, my friend, is a no-brainer. That said, I think the discussion that has been going on here has veered off-course somewhat from the original post asking about how to clean old dirty beaten-up coins to be made into jewelry, and into the realm of how to alter coins that are too gunked up to be salable and make them look better than they did, but with a lesser value than they had. The goal of that, of course, is for the dealer to be able to sell something that no-one has wanted to pay that much for because it looked like crap. I think there are two definitive ways to look at this issue. If you are a true collector or numismatist, maybe even a purist, you stand by the rule of protecting the inherent value of your coin collection and never, ever clean them. But if you are not, and the coin &#039;collection&#039; is just personal eye candy, for which you do not care about the inherent value, then I say it is entirely fair game to go ahead and clean your coins in any way you can that makes them look better without dimensionally damaging them in some way (scratching, corroding, etc.). My own collection has never been cleaned, but I will be the first to admit that the older and more patinaed they become with age, the less I enjoy their appearance, for the simple reason that this is not the bright, shiny appearance they had when they were made. Matter of personal choice, I&#039;d say. (For the record, my collection is not for investment, just for my own personal satisfaction...to me it will never be worth more than the bullion value of the silver coins and the face value of the rest, and I have no gold, platinum or other precious metal coins.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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