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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2042754, member: 71234&quot;]I really do not share the fear and loathing that generally attaches to cleaned coins. It is the object itself, its &#039;life&#039;, its design and historical significance that appeal to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d not clean a coin myself, but I&#039;d be happy to take advantage of what I consider to be an excessive aversion to any traces of cleaning to buy interesting items for a reasonable price. </p><p><br /></p><p>Polished to&nbsp; shininess like a silver spoon would put me off more, but I would not expect the 18th and 19th C. silver flatware and hollow-ware that I buy to be uncleaned in a couple of hundred years and as long as the appearance was generally acceptable, I&#039;d not let nitpicking&nbsp; prevent a reasonable priced purchase, as exemplified by the OP&#039;s sensible purchase of these items. </p><p>To dismiss a 100+ year old coin as scrap metal because at some time it has been cleaned is an unreasonably snobbish attitude I&#039;d be happy to take advantage of.</p><p><br /></p><p>In agreement with another post, I tend to sell off lower priced items cheaply just to clear them out and leave more time for the seriously expensive antiques that I can both treasure more and make more money out of.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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