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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 539282, member: 112"]If a coin is uncirculated it is not likely that it going to have anything on it that needs cleaned off. Do not confuse toning with dirt, and toning is about the only thing an unc coin can have on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your lighter fluid idea, it's not a good one. It will leave a film on the coins and over time that film is going to react and change. That's why you are seeing the coins get darker in just a short time. Over longer periods of time, it will only get worse. And that is mistake that people often overlook. They say the coins look fine after they clean them, and maybe they do. But what about a few months or years afterwards ? By then it's too late.</p><p><br /></p><p>The probelm with using liquids to clean coins is that you always have to then use something else to neutralize the first liquid or remove traces of it from the coin. It's a vicious circle, once started it must be completed or damage will be done to the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 539282, member: 112"]If a coin is uncirculated it is not likely that it going to have anything on it that needs cleaned off. Do not confuse toning with dirt, and toning is about the only thing an unc coin can have on it. As for your lighter fluid idea, it's not a good one. It will leave a film on the coins and over time that film is going to react and change. That's why you are seeing the coins get darker in just a short time. Over longer periods of time, it will only get worse. And that is mistake that people often overlook. They say the coins look fine after they clean them, and maybe they do. But what about a few months or years afterwards ? By then it's too late. The probelm with using liquids to clean coins is that you always have to then use something else to neutralize the first liquid or remove traces of it from the coin. It's a vicious circle, once started it must be completed or damage will be done to the coin.[/QUOTE]
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