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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DrunkNumismatic, post: 1405194, member: 36620&quot;]&quot;So the question here is why all the hesitance on buying &quot;cleaned&quot; coins?&nbsp; If you&nbsp; kept that cleaned AU in your pocket for a while with other change it would soon&nbsp; be a gradeable XF45 anyway.&nbsp; There are collectors who refuse to buy &quot;details&quot;&nbsp; coins even though they have merits above the lower graded numerically graded&nbsp; coins.&nbsp; Am I missing something here?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, coins are worth what one man will sell it for, and another will buy it for. Since alot of collectors don&#039;t like clean coins, this by default lowers their value. If someday cleaned coins become all the rage, then they&#039;ll be worth more <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. (although this is unlikely, because then everyone would clean their coins to raise the value). And if you bought a cleeaned AU and put it in your pocket, you would likely soon have an XF that you could still tell was cleaned at one point (cleaning leaves noticeable marks, as well as just a shiny look). Cleaning is kind of like taking a comic book out of its original plastic. It lowers the value, and thats part of the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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