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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2996084, member: 19463&quot;]Hippocrates said many things that might be controversial today but the &#039;Do no harm&#039; advice is a universal truth.&nbsp; When a coin already shows pitting below the original surface, you are unlikely to improve it; change it, perhaps, but not improve.&nbsp; My favorite coin cleaning method for a coin like this was first shown to me by a dealer years ago who pulled out his pocket change to reveal among the quarters and nickels a rough tetradrachm of Uranus Antoninus.&nbsp; His theory was that the wear might reduce the coin from ragged VF to smooth F or even VG which would look better than the uneven mess as it was.&nbsp; I tend to agree since I like good, even surfaces more than I like a lack of wear.&nbsp; Do I recommend you try this with this coin?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; I am not Hippocrates but I play him on the Internet.&nbsp; What I do recommend is buying coins that you can live with in the &#039;as is&#039; condition and allowing others who believe they are better at it to do the anti-Hippocratic cleaning. Do I follow my advice all the time?&nbsp; Certainly not and I regret not listening to myself as often as not.&nbsp; Cleaning coins is a multi step process.&nbsp; Hippocrates gave step one.&nbsp; Step two is: &#039;Learn when to stop before you have gone too far and violated step one.&#039;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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