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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;punchy, post: 529516, member: 14156&quot;]How are sunken treasure silver coin hordes from buried or sunken treasures handled before they are put on display in a museum or turned over to the collector market? Do they just put them on display as-is or turn them over to the collector market as-is, complete with encrusted dirt, grime and barnacles? Or do they have them cleaned and restored? If so, who cleans these coins in such an instance? What is the procedure they use? If they do clean them, doesn&#039;t this go against the numismatists sacred oath to NEVER clean them? Don&#039;t some of these discovered silver (or even gold for that matter) coin hoardes get sold or auctioned off to the collector market? Do the auction houses have them professionally cleaned before selling them? I thought this was a big no-no. I thought you are supposed to leave the crud and barnacles on them for autheticity&#039;s sake. Who&#039;s to say the coins were cleaned properly and professionally? Doesn&#039;t this remove the historic value of the coin? Doesn&#039;t this subrtract from the authiticity of the coins? Maybe they botched the cleaning job, but the coins are so rare and desirable that collectors look the other way and buy them anyway. I was just wondering how this is usually handled. Anyone know?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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