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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 24567017, member: 27832&quot;]Hi, and welcome to CoinTalk!</p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds like you&#039;re pretty frustrated with us for not giving a &quot;straight answer&quot; to your question about cleaning coins. If I&#039;m not mistaken, <b>this was your very first post</b>; we can&#039;t answer your questions <i>until you&#039;ve asked them</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sorry that you think war nickels are &quot;disgusting&quot;. I&#039;m not crazy about them myself; they turn green, and they don&#039;t discourage gunk quite as well as a silver surface does.</p><p><br /></p><p>But please, <i>please</i> don&#039;t dump them into a tumbler or other mechanical cleaner. Even if you&#039;ve picked out the &quot;perfect AU&quot; examples, there are lots of other rare <i>die varieties</i> that have additional value. Polish them, and you destroy that value, not only for yourself, but for anyone who ever gets them in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the Apocalypse <i>does</i> come, people <b>aren&#039;t going to want war nickels</b>, for the same reason the refiners don&#039;t want them today. But the people who <i>do</i> grudgingly accept them will want them <i>to look like real war nickels</i>. Try to hand them a shiny, polished, smooth one, and they&#039;ll suspect it&#039;s fake -- or if not, they&#039;ll suspect that you&#039;ve <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_coin_debasement#Sweating" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_coin_debasement#Sweating" rel="nofollow">sweated</a> it to steal away some of its silver value, and they&#039;ll discount its value (even more than normal).</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, your best bet is to sell the bag on, swallow your loss, and start over with 90% silver. It&#039;s more compact, it&#039;s prettier, and it&#039;s <i>worth more</i> -- yes, it costs more to buy up front, but you&#039;ll get that back when it&#039;s time to sell or trade it. 35% nickels and 40% halves <i>look</i> like bargains when you&#039;re buying, but they aren&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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