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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed23, post: 2582271, member: 32117&quot;]I understand the &quot;practice&quot;. I&#039;m making a point by my comment. You see, this is what&#039;s wrong with our hobby. There are no consistent rules. In the mid 20th century kits were actually sold in coin shops and at coin shows for collectors to &quot;CLEAN and BRIGHTEN your US coins so they would have better eye appeal and increase their value&quot;. Then it became taboo to clean, dip, alter one&#039;s modern coins in any fashion. But it&#039;s OK, and alright to shine up and clean your ancient coins ... at least it is today. What happens in 20 years when it become taboo to clean, dip or alter ancient coins? If we have a rule that it is &quot;wrong&quot; to clean a coin 200 years old, but it&#039;s OK to clean a coin 2,000 years old, where is the consistency in our hobby? Either it is OK to clean ALL coins or it is not OK to clean any coin. Why make different rules for different eras since ALL silver and copper coins tarnish, corrode and gather crap along the way depending on how and where there are stored? IMO the hobby needs to be consistent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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