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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2784406, member: 24314&quot;]moneycostingmemoney, posted: &quot;I have no problem admitting that I&#039;m still a new newbie (have only been taking this seriously for a few months), ...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">Welcome to coin collecting! This is a great beginning.&nbsp; It shows maturity that you know your limitations</span>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;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.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">Actually, there is a simple answer.&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #b30000">Yes</span>, keep your fingers where they belong and not on your coins.</b>&nbsp; Rubbing your lubricated fingers will virtually always hurt a coin.&nbsp; How much depends on what was on the coin, what was on your fingers, how long you rub it and how much pressure is applied.&nbsp; You have a lot to learn, enjoy the trip.</span>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;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.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">???&nbsp; Anyway, we are caretakers of our coins for generations to come.&nbsp; The number of ruined coins by folks who should not touch them grows larger by the minute.&nbsp; Have fun! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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