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<p>[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 482819, member: 6370"]One last thing, what I said above pertains to any advice, not just GD, or any one person. The best way to confirm something is by experience, by doing it. I am only saying what I have experienced, I am not passing on advice. When it comes to handling coins I use cotton gloves for uncalculated coins and with what I feel to be an almost perfect surface I will even try to mostly handle it by the edges but I will hold them flat in my gloved hand many times with no apparent problems, for circulated coins it matters what condition as to how I handle them, its coin by coin. What is funny is most people feel I am terribly anal about my coins and how they should be handled.</p><p> </p><p>For cleaning, I have just tried about every method in the book from light distilled water to electrocution and as I did this, again I drew my conclusions and will only speak definitively regarding those methods I have tried..</p><p> </p><p>In the end I mean no disrespect or insult to anyone when I disagree or state a certain bit of advice is not right. It is certainly just one mans experience. I do not want to bicker about it or insult anyone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 482819, member: 6370"]One last thing, what I said above pertains to any advice, not just GD, or any one person. The best way to confirm something is by experience, by doing it. I am only saying what I have experienced, I am not passing on advice. When it comes to handling coins I use cotton gloves for uncalculated coins and with what I feel to be an almost perfect surface I will even try to mostly handle it by the edges but I will hold them flat in my gloved hand many times with no apparent problems, for circulated coins it matters what condition as to how I handle them, its coin by coin. What is funny is most people feel I am terribly anal about my coins and how they should be handled. For cleaning, I have just tried about every method in the book from light distilled water to electrocution and as I did this, again I drew my conclusions and will only speak definitively regarding those methods I have tried.. In the end I mean no disrespect or insult to anyone when I disagree or state a certain bit of advice is not right. It is certainly just one mans experience. I do not want to bicker about it or insult anyone.[/QUOTE]
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