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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2296045, member: 76194"]Depends how it's done and to which coins they are done. You definitely would not want to clean a modern US coin. If it has patina or toning, people like a good bit of color on their old coins, so I'd leave it as is. Besides, modern coins have fragile surfaces, so cleaning can damage them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if you are talking about ancients, yeah, cleaning often helps when coming fresh from the ground.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2296045, member: 76194"]Depends how it's done and to which coins they are done. You definitely would not want to clean a modern US coin. If it has patina or toning, people like a good bit of color on their old coins, so I'd leave it as is. Besides, modern coins have fragile surfaces, so cleaning can damage them. Now, if you are talking about ancients, yeah, cleaning often helps when coming fresh from the ground.[/QUOTE]
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