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<p>[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 482783, member: 6370"]This is one of the few things you have said in this thread that I can agree with <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Much of the rest is assumption, misleading, personal opinion and statements I doubt you could back up with any real evidence or stats (like what the vast majority of collectors want or will buy among many other things). You seem so sure, and I am sure you DO think you know what the vast majority wants or what is right and wrong objectively. To your defense I do think your advice is often along the lines of what some (for various reasons good and bad) would LIKE people to buy into.</p><p> </p><p>I would just say, Like the owner of this forum said in another thread...one of the most important traits of a collector is skepticism and I would just urge people who read this thread and some of the assertions made here, to exercise a bit of that, dont just take some guys word for things. People do often talk about shades of grey in absolutes and while some people might be trying to help and might think they are right...they often arent or they are just steering people the way they THINK is right or have been told is right. It is often just a subjective way he has bought into or, worse yet, just bad advice or false info.</p><p> </p><p>Main points, certainly holding a coin or resting it on soft cotton will not harm a coin, this is just a fallacy. I have held many coins with cotton gloves and you would never know it as much as one would like to think they could. I do use oil at times on copper as a cleaning agent on filthy bronze and copper, I then cut that oil. No one looking at it when I am done would know it was done as much as they would like to think they could and it would not effect the price. KEEPING a thin layer of oil on will not harm the coin and it can be removed easily without any damage to the coin...it will not effect the value of the coin at all as long as you dont call a light cleaning damage. I can tell you a large chunk of collectors dont.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 482783, member: 6370"]This is one of the few things you have said in this thread that I can agree with :) Much of the rest is assumption, misleading, personal opinion and statements I doubt you could back up with any real evidence or stats (like what the vast majority of collectors want or will buy among many other things). You seem so sure, and I am sure you DO think you know what the vast majority wants or what is right and wrong objectively. To your defense I do think your advice is often along the lines of what some (for various reasons good and bad) would LIKE people to buy into. I would just say, Like the owner of this forum said in another thread...one of the most important traits of a collector is skepticism and I would just urge people who read this thread and some of the assertions made here, to exercise a bit of that, dont just take some guys word for things. People do often talk about shades of grey in absolutes and while some people might be trying to help and might think they are right...they often arent or they are just steering people the way they THINK is right or have been told is right. It is often just a subjective way he has bought into or, worse yet, just bad advice or false info. Main points, certainly holding a coin or resting it on soft cotton will not harm a coin, this is just a fallacy. I have held many coins with cotton gloves and you would never know it as much as one would like to think they could. I do use oil at times on copper as a cleaning agent on filthy bronze and copper, I then cut that oil. No one looking at it when I am done would know it was done as much as they would like to think they could and it would not effect the price. KEEPING a thin layer of oil on will not harm the coin and it can be removed easily without any damage to the coin...it will not effect the value of the coin at all as long as you dont call a light cleaning damage. I can tell you a large chunk of collectors dont.[/QUOTE]
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