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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;USS656, post: 204302, member: 6641&quot;]New coins should be overly shinny if they have a mirror finish.?.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have no doubt that hamman88 did damage using turpentine, fingers, and a cotton shirt.&nbsp; I believe that he cannot see it with his naked eye. (As a result of this thread I am getting a loupe as I know now I really should look at a coin under magnification.)&nbsp; My camera helps me get there but it is not practical just for general observation. I also believe that a month from now those coins could and probably will look really bad even compared to the greasy fingerprints that were removed.&nbsp; I would agree that he may want to sell them with the comment that he does not know the complete history of the coins.&nbsp; It&#039;s not a lie and it gives the seller fair warning.&nbsp; The other side of that is he may want to keep them to see what happens to them and just spend them if they go south.&nbsp; The cost is not significant and the lesson would be a good one to learn - And I don&#039;t mean that in a negative way.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So far I haven&#039;t heard Hamman88 blame anyone for anything that has transpired.&nbsp; I think everyone has made it pretty clear that the method he choose was not a good one. No matter how nice they look now, I am sure in his heart he believes that damage was done at some level even if the coins look much better that they did.&nbsp; And I&#039;m sure he will not be surprised if a month from now the coins start to show unattractive coloring / spotting / tarnishing.&nbsp; If that happens, I hope we have pictures of how they look now and pictures of how they turn.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I understand why no one said to do this, then do this, and have the end result be something they get blamed for.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure it has happened exactly that way before with probably more at stake.&nbsp; Roy was nice enough to step in and say <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; don&#039;t listen to bad advice from someone who doesn&#039;t know better and offer advice for the best chance at minimal damage. Now I just hope those of us that are reading this thread that have little to no experience, can take something positive from it.&nbsp; Photos would help achieve that both now and a couple months from now.&nbsp; Don&#039;t get me wrong, even if they look good in the future I would not use the same technique hamman88 used.&nbsp; It would just be good to see how the coins have been affected.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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