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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 542431, member: 16510&quot;]<b>See my previous posts, I tried to tell them all</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>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,</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>See my previous posts on coin cleaning, I tried to tell them all when I first got here but did not get very far.</p><p>The fact is: </p><p>All dealers I know (and it&#039;s a bunch) will attempt to clean, conserve, or stabilise coins form time to time.</p><p>Coin Cleaning is the least understood topic of coin collecting because of so many misinformed ideas and adherence to old worn out prejudices.</p><p>New persons do not need to find out about coin cleaning (like I did) from the subtle winks and nods of more seasoned collectors making them feel like they are stupid or something.</p><p>The truth about any subject is better than a pack of half-truths perpetuated by people who see the world as having &quot;black and white&quot; answers to anything.</p><p>Finally, if you can retrieve a coin from the bottom of the ocean after 150 years, have it conserved and then graded by the holy grail of graders PCGS as mint state 65 why can you not loosen some grit or grime on a 19th century silver or copper coin to improve it&#039;s appearance and help preserve it?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We owe it to all new people in this hobby to tell them the truth about coin cleaning the first time, every time and not this flem-flam ideology of &quot;oh, we don&#039;t clean coins ever for any reason period&quot; type of mentality.</p><p>New people are our hobbies future - what they need is the truth. What they don&#039;t need is to be treated like they are idiots to begin with and then and only then will we tell them the truth after they figure out all the above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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