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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1507520, member: 112"]There have been coins treated with both products that were slabbed and graded by the TPGs, but there have been coins that were rejected for using them too. Both products are listed as being cause for rejection by the TPGs and both products are detected by the "coin sniffer". </p><p><br /></p><p>My personal opinion, I am strongly against the use the of the products. Two reasons - 1 they make the coins look better than they are and I have seen too many people use these products specifically for that reason. In other words they use to take advantage of buyers. 2 - both products, over time, can and will be harmful to the coins. But that is assuming that the product is put on the coin and just left there. From what I understand, and I do not speak from personal experience, the way to avoid that happening is to dip the coins in a solvent now n then to remove the old product, and then put fresh oil on the coin. That's what these products are - oil.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes I know there are quite a few people who use these oil products. But if you store your coins properly and take care of them, you really don't need to do anything else. You don't need to put oil on the coins to protect them. Proper storage will do that for you all by itself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1507520, member: 112"]There have been coins treated with both products that were slabbed and graded by the TPGs, but there have been coins that were rejected for using them too. Both products are listed as being cause for rejection by the TPGs and both products are detected by the "coin sniffer". My personal opinion, I am strongly against the use the of the products. Two reasons - 1 they make the coins look better than they are and I have seen too many people use these products specifically for that reason. In other words they use to take advantage of buyers. 2 - both products, over time, can and will be harmful to the coins. But that is assuming that the product is put on the coin and just left there. From what I understand, and I do not speak from personal experience, the way to avoid that happening is to dip the coins in a solvent now n then to remove the old product, and then put fresh oil on the coin. That's what these products are - oil. Yes I know there are quite a few people who use these oil products. But if you store your coins properly and take care of them, you really don't need to do anything else. You don't need to put oil on the coins to protect them. Proper storage will do that for you all by itself.[/QUOTE]
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