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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 393877, member: 112&quot;]There have been many, many things used to try and protect coins over the history of the hobby. And I mean going back hundreds of years, not just recent history. But as usually happens with most things, as time marches on people begin to learn from mistakes made in the past. They realize that not everything they did was actually conducive to achieving their desired goal. And coating coins with oils, shellac, varnishes, fingernail polish etc. etc. is one of those things. </p><p><br /></p><p>And if you should ever wish to restore the coin to its original condition after it has been coated with any foreign substance, the first step is to remove that substance. This means that the affected coin must undergo at least two incidences of having the surface of the coin touched by something. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin collecting and proper handling of coins in your collection has 1 paramount rule that every collector has likely read or been told countless times - never touch the surface the coin. And it should be quite obvious to all that applying a foreign substance to a coin is a direct violation of that rule. </p><p><br /></p><p>The entire point of any protective effort is to try and keep your coins as original as possible. So how are you keeping a coin original by coating it with a foreign substance ? The very idea is contradictory in its nature.</p><p><br /></p><p>It should also be kept in mind that since the vast majority of all coin collectors wish to own original examples of their coins, that should you ever wish to sell your collection and your coins have been coated with oils or anything else, then you will likely receive much less for those coins because they are no longer original. So you would be doing yourself financial harm as well by coating your coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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