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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moneycostingmemoney, post: 2784366, member: 86367&quot;]So are you implying the entire statement surrounding it is false or that this is the only part you care to agree with at this time? </p><p><br /></p><p>I have no problem admitting that I&#039;m still a new newbie (have only been taking this seriously for a few months), but I sift like a sieve and what makes it through gets absorbed like a sponge. That came from good examples and bad experiences. I know this is a coin forum and not a life lesson forum, but cmon now. Mistakes are a part of the learning curve- whether it&#039;s paying to much, asking too little, buying a counterfeit or choosing to clean/cleaning a coin improperly. </p><p><br /></p><p>I saw nothing here that I thought was grossly negligent, maybe something you would see in no publication, but is rubbing a coin with your fingers, lubricated with something chemically proven to do no &quot;harm&quot; to that particular metal or alloy, THAT much of a detriment to a coin? There should be no Yes or No answer to that question. It is a case-by-case situation that no cookie-cutter method should be the approach. Example- cracking proofs out of slabs and soaking them in lemon juice and olive oil (probably not a good idea btw) and rubbing circulated coins with slippery fingers. Coins that probably spent years in circulation, jingling around in pockets, purses and coffee cups with other coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I know, some would rather see the crud on the coin and assume that it isn&#039;t a synthetic compound added to its surface to hide imperfections, but that it hasn&#039;t been improperly &quot;cleaned,&quot; but it looks like dirt and that makes them happy. Yes, some methods can be harmful to a coin&#039;s surface, but, at the end of the day, it&#039;s their coin. If they&#039;ve already chosen that they would rather see what they have all gussied up than at current state that&#039;s the open door to suggest what you&#039;ve done that&#039;s been successful, what has been a failure and embed the practice of telling someone that wants to buy their cleaned example that it has been cleaned and what method was used.&nbsp; That&#039;s not misleading, that&#039;s teaching.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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