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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3945093, member: 27832"]Of course they don't know that. Teeth? If you aren't brushing every day, they'll rot and fall out. Car? If you don't wash it at least weekly, your paint will flake off and it'll rust out. Windows? No, dirt won't hurt the glass -- but who wants to look at (or through) a dirty window? And let's not even discuss clothes, or dishes, or countertops. But after a lifetime of "cleanliness is next to Godliness", someone picks up a coin with some sticky gunk or unsightly tarnish on it, and <record-needle-scratch> PUT THAT DOWN! HOW DARE YOU EVEN THINK of <shudder> cleaning a coin? Yes, there are good reasons that we say "never clean a coin", and I'm sure there are still daily catastrophes where someone finds an old collection, untouched for decades, and thinks "I'll bet these will look really nice once they're cleaned up". But it's a good exercise, once in a long while, to try to think like a clueless newbie -- or, as they're known outside of coin forums, a "normal person". <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]