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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TomCorona, post: 545270, member: 17621&quot;]Your point is well taken Sir, and I appreciate the demonstration. I really do. I think anytime, anywhere, if someone works hard enough at it, spends enough time on it, most all could be fooled. Granted (and I know your point is much bigger than that). May I pose a few observations? Great. Thanks.&nbsp; Why is it that there is so much information &quot;out there&quot; to the contrary? Why does my Bud insists what he insists? Trust me when I tell you, this guy could tell you about any US coin (and a whole lot of foreign coins too), it&#039;s approximate value, it&#039;s relative history, probably mintage, or any number of other things about them. The guy&#039;s a walking coin information fountain. The main reason I even questioned the &quot;cleaning&quot; method, was BECAUSE I couldn&#039;t find any information about that particular method of &quot;cleaning&quot;, no matter where I looked, however, he claims it works, so, I give it considerable weight. I initially wasn&#039;t trying to defend it. I was just trying to verify it. I have verifed lots of other methods...vinegar, acetone, xylene, catsup, tabasco sauce, plain distilled water, alcohol, baking soda, E-Z Est (that one from my coin dealer), but no lighter fluid, so I entertained the possiblilty that he might be onto something, since he seems so certain. Absolutely he could be wrong, which is what I was trying to positively identify. So, now I&#039;ve done it myself. To me, it looks good, but you just proved &quot;I&quot; cannot consult with myself for the correct answer.(Yes I do talk to myself regularly). I am currently soaking a old battered, green Large Cent in peroxide (the latest suggestion I found) That seems to be working as well. I AM going to clean some of my coins because I have a great many that &quot;could use it&quot;. (One person said that basically all my coins were junk anyway so why not?). I just wanted all the information I could get because the lighter fluid was gonna be the first effort. I understand all your points about cleaning, I honestly do. I just find it hard to believe it isn&#039;t done more regularly, especially with circulated coins, and also especially since there is so much contrary information on the internet (I know anything can be posted but one can usually verify things with multiple sources..IE, if it walks like a duck...hope you see my point). One last time, I was HOPING&nbsp; to find someone that actually DID use the first method I talked about. That was all I initially wanted. SO the answer was no, and this whirlwind of a thread .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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