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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2582228, member: 56859&quot;]Ed23, I see from your introductory post that you primarily collect modern US coins.&nbsp; All ancient coins are cleaned, so cleaning doesn&#039;t have the same value-lowering impact as it would for modern coins-- often, a good cleaning/conservation will increase the value of an ancient coin.&nbsp; There really is no comparison at all to cleaning as it relates to modern coins versus cleaning of ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER], I think the conservator did a fine job.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t like the brightness just store it in a toning-conducive environment.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with [USER=39084]@IdesOfMarch01[/USER] regarding the material which was removed:&nbsp; it was surface encrustation, not &quot;patina&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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