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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jackhd, post: 2361176, member: 73897&quot;]I tried, really hard, not to post to this topic. I&#039;m pretty sure I&#039;ll regret not listening to my own advice. What triggered me to add my thoughts was the post that said something like, &quot;They&#039;re my coins and I&#039;ll clean them if I want to....&quot; You are completely correct. You found them or bought them, and they are YOUR collection...FOR NOW! The truth is, we only get to enjoy our collections for a finite time in this life. Your coins will ultimately be someone else&#039;s coins after you pass them on. </p><p><br /></p><p>This brings me to a basic idea in my own collecting. Again, this is me, I&#039;m not saying you should do the same (but you probably should). I want to leave my collections in the best shape I can for the next owner. I feel a certain responsibility to try and preserve my coins so that they retain their beauty and have the chance to share their history with another collector down the road. I use acetone on all of my raw coins. Thereafter, I treat them with Verdi-Care to arrest any verdigris issues that may be at work, and to preserve the metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, FOR ME, I don&#039;t see any coin as valueless. They all have a story to tell. Some of my favorite coins are heavily circulated and, to me, that means they have real history locked within. I feel an obligation to approach my collections with some degree of respect. That&#039;s why people say (in strong terms) &quot;never clean a coin.&quot; It&#039;s not meant as a commandment. It&#039;s meant to advise and guide someone who doesn&#039;t know any better. There are many stories about coins that have been improperly cleaned, most have unhappy endings. Jack[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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