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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1900205, member: 26302&quot;]It gets back to the old adage &quot;don&#039;t clean coins&quot;. Its a good adage because all new collectors ruin coins by &quot;cleaning&quot; them. So, its helpful just to put a blanket statement out there. However, I have been collecting coins for well over 30 years sir. I have cleaned US coins successfully, and know how to do it properly without destroying value. So the rule is not absolute, even with modern coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>With ancients, however, there has never been such a rule. If you were an ancient collector you would know that proper conservation and custody is one of the things we must do with these coins. Ancient coins can develop bronze desease, have encrustations that will further damage the coin if not removed, and simply have centuries upon centuries of dirt on them. Therefor, we, as a group, learn how to properly conserve and protect our coins to be able to pass them along to the next generation. We are pretty good at it, as evidenced by the millions of ancients that have been passed down through the last centuries from collector to collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, no one should ever clean a coin if they do not know how to do so properly. But, if a coin needs conserved, then its the duty of the collector to learn to do it properly and save the coin. I have saved hundreds of US coins as well from corrosion by dipping coins that were too corroded. If I hadn&#039;t have done anything, those coins would forever be severely damaged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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