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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2962727, member: 112&quot;]As long as it is not your listing - yes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As Jim mentioned, acetone is not the answer. Xylene does a better job on oils, and no it will not harm the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But to bring this back around to the OP&#039;s original post, yes, it may be that the coin was treated with some kind of oil. But, it is far more likely that it was treated with a commercial product like Blue Ribbon or Coin Care - both of which have an oil in them and are specifically designed to make coins look better than they really are. And both of which can and have gotten past the eyes of the TPGs (let alone collectors) so the coin gets a clean grade if and when the products are applied with skill by somebody who knows what they are doing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many have been fooled with coins treated with these products for many, many years. And no doubt many more will be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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