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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 519414, member: 112&quot;]Boss I don&#039;t mean sound irritated, but you are right, I am. And it&#039;s not that I don&#039;t care about the science of the hobby either, I think you know me better than that. But I worded it that way to make a point. The point being, that to the majority of collectors, and notice I did not say all collectors I just said the majority, putting oil on coins is not an acceptable practice. And that the majority of educated collectors will not buy coins with oil on them. And notice that I said educated collectors. There are many out there who would not even recognize that a coin had oil on it if it did.</p><p><br /></p><p>The additional reason I said I didn&#039;t care about the science or chemistry is that collectors don&#039;t care what the science says - they just don&#039;t want coins with oil on them - period. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s kind like the Weimar White deal. From a technical perspective his science and chemistry is 100% accurate - toning on coins is a form of corrosion. But ya know what - collectors <u>don&#039;t care</u> if he&#039;s right ! Most of them think of the guy as some nut because they love toned coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, oil will protect copper coins from corrosion. But so will encasing them in lucite. But people aren&#039;t going to collect those either. </p><p><br /></p><p>Like it or not, and regardless of what science or chemistry says - most educated collectors in today&#039;s world want their coins to be original. And if they have oil on them they are no longer original. The surface has been altered. And that is not an opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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