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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7794788, member: 105098"]there's different camps on this topic, like all topics. if it's early coppers, large cents half cents, colonials, You'd be hard pressed to find uncirculated conditioned collector coins that haven't been treated with Blue Ribbon or Olive oil (but be mindful of the pH of any type of oil used) or something to try to maintain the surfaces and color over the years because copper is pretty reactive and those coins predate mylar, PVC, the coin slabbing companies, airtites, Whitman publishing, yada, yada yada </p><p>I wouldn't say to use it on all copper, but I would say this method is a method of conserving the surface conditions and color of early coppers that's been in practice a really long time. This technique and method puts a slight layer on the coin that keeps dust and contaminants from making direct contact with the copper.</p><p> it's really not so much a cleaning as it is putting on and reapplying a fine protective layer of oil to stop contaminants from making contact with the surface of the coin that may tone, spot or stain the surface. it's more maintaining and slowing the effects of time on the copper. </p><p><br /></p><p>And Yeah, people say "never clean coins" and yet everyone dips to remove ugly toning, or uses acetone, or a hundred other things as they "conserve", the grading companies "conserve".</p><p><br /></p><p>there's a right way and a wrong way to do things and "never clean coins" is a way to tell a novice that message, that unless they are confident in what they are doing, leave it up to an expert so as not to damage the coin. But mark my words just about everyone saying "never clean a coin" has done some cleaning and maybe still doing some cleaning to boot. </p><p><br /></p><p>Starting to stray off the topic. I don't see anything wrong with the practice but practice the technique on common coins of low value of the same composition is what I'd tell you and in the end, they are your coins, you can do whatever you want with them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7794788, member: 105098"]there's different camps on this topic, like all topics. if it's early coppers, large cents half cents, colonials, You'd be hard pressed to find uncirculated conditioned collector coins that haven't been treated with Blue Ribbon or Olive oil (but be mindful of the pH of any type of oil used) or something to try to maintain the surfaces and color over the years because copper is pretty reactive and those coins predate mylar, PVC, the coin slabbing companies, airtites, Whitman publishing, yada, yada yada I wouldn't say to use it on all copper, but I would say this method is a method of conserving the surface conditions and color of early coppers that's been in practice a really long time. This technique and method puts a slight layer on the coin that keeps dust and contaminants from making direct contact with the copper. it's really not so much a cleaning as it is putting on and reapplying a fine protective layer of oil to stop contaminants from making contact with the surface of the coin that may tone, spot or stain the surface. it's more maintaining and slowing the effects of time on the copper. And Yeah, people say "never clean coins" and yet everyone dips to remove ugly toning, or uses acetone, or a hundred other things as they "conserve", the grading companies "conserve". there's a right way and a wrong way to do things and "never clean coins" is a way to tell a novice that message, that unless they are confident in what they are doing, leave it up to an expert so as not to damage the coin. But mark my words just about everyone saying "never clean a coin" has done some cleaning and maybe still doing some cleaning to boot. Starting to stray off the topic. I don't see anything wrong with the practice but practice the technique on common coins of low value of the same composition is what I'd tell you and in the end, they are your coins, you can do whatever you want with them.[/QUOTE]
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