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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WhipperSnapper 88, post: 2822075, member: 89321&quot;]No need... I already understand the hazards of cleaning coins and why one should never, ever, ( ever ) do it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So why in the heck did I do it then, you may rightly be asking?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, like i said ( and you seem to agree ) I never thought this set of coins would be worth diddly anyway, and they probably won&#039;t. Secondly, I&#039;m not in the hobby to make a profit ( no judgment to those who are, it&#039;s just not what draws me ). I have an old, 1826 Large Cent thats barely legible. I wouldn&#039;t sell that thing for $100, never mind that it&#039;s probably not worth $20. What draws me is the history that you hold in your hands when you hold a coin, particularly an old one, thinking about all the hands and pockets its been in and all the different people who possesed it before me, all the significant histirical events that it&#039;s been around for, what was going on in the world when it was made, etc. etc Abraham Lincoln might well have once held that large cent that I have, or may have tossed it in to a drawer in the Resolute Desk at the end of a long day of saving the Union ( prove he didn&#039;t, haha )</p><p><br /></p><p>That, to me, is where the real value of a coin comes from. Thats why i have little to no interest in uncirc, proof, and specialty coins. Many of them are cool in their own right but just don&#039;t have the same kind of history.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, yes, i regret cleaning those coins, but honestly its not that big of a deal to me, whereas it might be to someone else.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn&#039;t do it again if i could rewind time though, nor will i ever clean ANY coin in the future, because what this experience has made me realize is that all that dirt and grime and tone on a coin, is a part of the history that i value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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