Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 680267, member: 6370&quot;]Well, when I heard this, it didn&#039;t sound right at all but I put an uncirculated coin with a surface like a mirror to the test all the same. I rubbed it with a soft cloth and found that it left no evidence (at least to my naked eye and my loop) of any markings. Like you say, I use black felt to place my coins on to be photographed and when I do so, the coins will rub the felt a bit...and still my coins seem unaffected. So the soft cloth harming a coin seems unfounded unless that cloth has debris in it. I realized that some times people just say things because they have been told it and have never bother to test it. I realized this when I heard a person say &#039;a coin has never been improved by cleaning&#039;...this one flies in the face of so much contrary evidence it was quite amazed a person would say such a thing....but its a good excuse to drive people to NOT try to improve a coin and simply go buy another... I find most people saying this have no real advice to offer as they have taken such advice themselves....so they just say what they have always heard and done. I find there is a real lack of people in the know when it comes to cleaning coins and those who are wont tell because they want you to pay them. I have quite a few coins (ancients, notgeld and some more modern bronze medals) that have been GREATLY improved with a bit of careful TLC...but I digress.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in