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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 1434470, member: 24754"]The reason that museums clean and polish their coins is because they want their displays to be visually appealing to visitors. Most people that visit a museum will have little appreciation for a dingy-looking tarnished turd as opposed to a nice shiny coin. Of course, the high-brow numismatist will prefer the turd, because they've been conditioned to do so.</p><p><br /></p><p>On more than a few occasions, I have asked other collectors to provide an explanation as to how they know that a particular coin has been cleaned. Often times their explanation is simply, "It looks too nice". I don't know about all of you, but I suffer from the natural human condition of preferring things that look nice. I don't like rust on my car, I don't like stains on my carpet, and I don't like tarnish on my coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not only a personal preference, as the purpose of my collection is to create displays within my home for others to appreciate. In general, these visitors will be more interested in looking at aesthetically pleasing examples, therefore cleaned coins are preferred. I'm not trying to advocate coin cleaning, I actually discourage people from doing it. I completely respect and understand a person that has a greater appreciation for originality as opposed to aesthetic beauty. I'm just saying cleaned coins have their place, they have value, and people that seek them out shouldn't be looked upon as idiots for doing so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 1434470, member: 24754"]The reason that museums clean and polish their coins is because they want their displays to be visually appealing to visitors. Most people that visit a museum will have little appreciation for a dingy-looking tarnished turd as opposed to a nice shiny coin. Of course, the high-brow numismatist will prefer the turd, because they've been conditioned to do so. On more than a few occasions, I have asked other collectors to provide an explanation as to how they know that a particular coin has been cleaned. Often times their explanation is simply, "It looks too nice". I don't know about all of you, but I suffer from the natural human condition of preferring things that look nice. I don't like rust on my car, I don't like stains on my carpet, and I don't like tarnish on my coins. It's not only a personal preference, as the purpose of my collection is to create displays within my home for others to appreciate. In general, these visitors will be more interested in looking at aesthetically pleasing examples, therefore cleaned coins are preferred. I'm not trying to advocate coin cleaning, I actually discourage people from doing it. I completely respect and understand a person that has a greater appreciation for originality as opposed to aesthetic beauty. I'm just saying cleaned coins have their place, they have value, and people that seek them out shouldn't be looked upon as idiots for doing so.[/QUOTE]
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