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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 96829, member: 4373&quot;]I think there is a confusion that is going on right now. </p><p><br /></p><p>While MOST cleaning will ruin the values, you have to understand that it is the <u>degree</u> of the cleaning that will ultimately determine the prices of the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Depending on how you clean the coins, most of the time, even using micro fibre cloth will make scratches. I mean, have you used that to wipe your skin? How does it feel? Does it hurt? If it does, a coin will get some sort of &quot;damage&quot;! Any materials harder than that will obviously hurt! </p><p><br /></p><p>Usually a collector shouldn&#039;t try to clean any coins unless the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>PVC damaged coins </p><p>Rusted coins (but make sure you know what you are doing!)</p><p>Verdiges </p><p>Perhaps ancient coins that were dugged out *but that requires a different method of cleaning*</p><p><br /></p><p>If actions are not taken on these types on coins, most likely these actions will continue on until the coins are &quot;eaten&quot; up, which usually proper actions are recommanded for only such damaged coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are no other reasons why you should clean other coins. Maybe you can clean coins and tada, it&#039;s worth slightly more but really - if coins were worth more if cleaned, everyone would be doing it but no one is. Furthermore, you are doing a bad thing for the enviroment for dumping such &quot;waste&quot; and useless usage of water and solvents. </p><p><br /></p><p>Where is the fun of seeing several hundred years of sweat and oil on coins that faced plenty of &quot;transactions&quot; and that got cleaned within a few mins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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