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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TomCorona, post: 542387, member: 17621&quot;]and I&#039;m speaking about already circulated coinsAlll right. Been doing a lot of reading and I believe I llhave finally reached my own conclusions about cleaning which I believe accurately reflect the consensus and to be the correct conclusions. </p><p>1. First...should you clean a coin?&nbsp; Very, very generally, the answer is no. More importantly..the reasoning. The &quot;purists&quot; believe this because &quot;most&quot; people don&#039;t know how to, or think they they know how to, then wind up scratching or otherwise messing up said coin. Fine. Granted. True to a point but a bit misleading, which ends up discrediting the source that originally told you that &quot;you should never&quot; do so. The fact is that coins, not high MS or proof) can certainly be and are cleaned routinely by people who &quot;have the knowledge&quot; and those who don&#039;t. Dipping, soaking, rinsing in selected substances DOES NO HARM IF DONE CAREFULLY. Matching the correct substance with the correct type of metal coin is key. How long, don&#039;t rub, etc, are also important. Circulated coins are just that...CIRCULATED, and circulated, means passed around, carried in pockets, dropped at the beach, or in the park. It can can be done and it is being done, every day, and as long as oyu know the proper procedure for doing so, cleaning cause no problems, and may improve it&#039;s &quot;eye appeal&quot; (which is a feature to evaluate when grading said coin. If one can improve &quot;eye appeal&quot; without damage, one has just &quot;upped&quot; the value of their coin. This idea that circulated coins somehow become &quot;magically&quot; dubbed &quot;a worthy collectable coin&quot; because it&#039;s now in a 2x2 or other holder, and henceforth, now, any touching, sneezing on it, not maintaining humidity control, will cause &quot;harsh damage&quot; is poopoo. Plain and simple. Careful dipping (no rubbing) can/is done routinely. So to surmise, no you shouldn&#039;t, but, yes you can. Kinda like checking out a ladies yum yums. We brought up and taught not to look, but we do anyway, and then pretend we don&#039;t.</p><p>2.) If people would just post the &quot;proper&quot; methods of cleaning coins, instead of reading the riot act to those who might want to try, perhaps instead of ruining the coin by &quot;experimenting&quot; with ideas, might actually be able to safely clean a coin, thus saving it and sending into history and onto it&#039;s next owner in fine shape versus ruined ignorantly resulting from information with held from the &quot;purists&quot;. Share the proper ways/method of doing so versus &quot;damning them to hell&quot;. I think this is where the disconnect comes from between the &quot;purists&quot; and the logical </p><p>3. Bottom line, clean away, and if you do it correctly, you may have even improved your coin. Do it poorly, and you may have ruined your coin. Oh and one final note, if I find a booger rubbed into my coin, I&#039;m going to clean it. You &quot;purists&quot; want the booger to stay the I guess. </p><p>4..Finally!!&nbsp; LIGHTER FLUID DOES IN FACT WORK VERY NICELY!!!&nbsp; I rinse it with distilled water and blot dry the coin, and it looks maaavellllous!! One would never know (that includes you &quot;purists&quot;). Still has good luster, nice even toning, and no dirt!&nbsp; Trick is.....not too long. (kinda like playing cards too long-Bob Seger). So relax all you future cleaners. It shouldn&#039;t be as taboo as we were all led to believe. Clean away! Correctly!! and enjoy your collection! Sheesh...I can&#039;t believe it took me so much reading and reading and reading to discover a simple answer to an otherwise simple question. Minus all the boloney. Can you clean coins? answer should be yes. :computer:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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