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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 359577, member: 9474&quot;]There were many a time when I would pass over a beautifully struck coin because of ugly toning or coloring.&nbsp; This past weekend, after reading everyones posts on this, I was at my local coin shop looking at Jefferson nickels and Roosevelt dimes.&nbsp; I found a 1945S that had&nbsp; horrible toning to it, but was one of the nicest struck nickels that I have seen. Full steps present and few bag marks.&nbsp; I also found some nicely struck dimes that I wanted to experiment with (4 in the 40s and 1 1954).&nbsp; I spoke to the shop assistant who instructed me what to do and I bought the nickel for $8 and 5 dimes for $18.&nbsp; So although I don&#039;t want to ruin the coins, it wouldn&#039;t break the bank if I did.&nbsp; I started with the nickel first.&nbsp; 10 seconds in the dip, 30 seconds under running water left me an incredible coin with magnificiant luster with spinning cartwheels.&nbsp; Although this was tough for me because all my life it has been drilled in my head to never clean coins, it definitely changed the look of the coin without doing any damage.&nbsp; I would suspect that most if any would be able to tell that anything was done to it.&nbsp; The dimes went in for 5-8 seconds each - just enough to rid that ugly toning.&nbsp; Now, I have compared these &quot;cleaned&quot; ones to a few of the bright UNC ones that I have and personally couldn&#039;t tell the difference.&nbsp; Now they are officially added in the collection.&nbsp; Everyone may not agree with this - and I didn&#039;t either - but I have to say, the face appeal of the coins has increased 10 fold and I would suspect would sell much better had they not been cleaned.&nbsp; I will continue to look for BU coins as always, but if I find one that is nicely struck, but unattractively toned - will think twice about wether or not I buy the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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