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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kentucky, post: 2784654, member: 33176&quot;]It&#039;s always nice to be new in a field.&nbsp; I have seen college students dismiss Shakespeare as &quot;stupid&quot; because they don&#039;t understand the language or the customs of the times.&nbsp; Coin collecting is OLD!&nbsp; Many things have been proposed as harmless (yes [USER=71723]@V. Kurt Bellman[/USER] I seem to remember in my mis-spent youth advice that scrubbing with baking soda was OK) that have been abandoned.&nbsp; You are, of course, allowed and encouraged to experiment with whatever methods you should choose (as long as they don&#039;t hurt your dog), but please experiment on modern worthless coins instead of MS or near MS coins.&nbsp; Consider...uncirculated and proof coins have an appearance that tolerates little error.&nbsp; Well circulated coins are...well circulated and are prone to the vicissitudes of fortune and it is really hard to damage them further.&nbsp; One of the ways guaranteed is to leave chemical residues which will rot them away.&nbsp; Lubricate your fingers, if you wish while handling old coinage, but clean it off before you store it.&nbsp; For MS examples, handle them gently, by the edges, with clean, dry hands.&nbsp; Happy collecting, be sure and share, positive or negative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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