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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1373619, member: 15929&quot;]Never clean coins is a phrase for newbies as coins are often cleaned (conserved) to insure their longevity.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a right way to clean and there is a wrong way to clean. Unfortunately, newbies always opt for the wrong way because its simple AND its the same method used for cleaning a cooking pot with burned food on it. SOS or some other type of abrasive is used and the piece is literally scubbed until the foreign material is removed! What the newbie <i>cannot</i> see, are the fine destructive lines which have been added to the surface of the pot (coin). Sometimes the lines are obvious and other times, not so obvious. But then, regardless of how obvious they are, new collectors simply do not see them as they do not KNOW what to look for! All they &quot;see&quot;, is a shiney bright coin that looks as good as the day it was made!</p><p><br /></p><p>As such, the best advice is to NEVER CLEAN COINS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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