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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;catsmasher, post: 460493, member: 16193&quot;]Hi folks!&nbsp; I am new to the forum, but have been collecting for a while now.&nbsp; I only collect circulated coins (mostly).&nbsp; I like the idea that the coin I collect was actually used as a &quot;COIN&quot; and not made just for someone to put into a box or holder.&nbsp; That bein said, I can&#039;t help but feel that there is a disconnect somewhere.&nbsp; I take a coin out of circulation - where people have been rubbing it, sticking in their pocket, using it to open something,&nbsp; leaving in thier pants and sending it through the wash cycle, flipping it into a glass of beer, etc for over 50 years - and when I decide to put it in a 2x2 I can now no longer touch it, rub it, breath on it, get it wet, or get anything on it or it will be &quot;worthless&quot;?&nbsp; If I have an old buffalo nickel with a bunch of crud in the letters and I don&#039;t like looking at crud on my coins and I don&#039;t want to look for another one for my collection because the crud is the only thing wrong with the one I have -&nbsp; why souldn&#039;t I be able to use some clean water and a toothpick to clean it up without being made to feel like I don&#039;t get it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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