Well, I guess he is far brighter than I seeing as how there is no POSSIBLE way I could get the above statement from the below statement: "whatever numismatic value it had you took it away when you decided to clean it." In the top quote you are saying that you COULD improve the numismatic value, if even by 1 cent if you cleaned it...the second statement you are telling him that he removed any value the token might have had by cleaning it...the statements are saying two completely different things. You are now accepting that although the token in question has very little value...cleaning it correctly might ADD value to it however small. Which is all I was trying to say... Please do try to make it seem like I simply dont understand the subject. Whether the added value is just 1 cent or just making a cool token look better or stopping corrosion...cleaning did NOT destroy any value the token had however little...thats all I had to say, nuff said from me.
if you are saying cleaning did not destroy any value the token had while you didnt know if the token had any value to begin with then i have nothing else to say. and you can interpret what you like from the thread but if you read it correctly you would see that i sad because of the cleaning he wont get a rupee out of it which practically means its useless.
whatever numismatic value it had you took it away when you decided to clean it. That is what you said...nothing more or less. Nothing to get. Nothing hard to understand. An incorrect statement whether coin or token...whether it be worth 1 rupee or 1000 USD. Why would I need to know the value of a coin or token to know that cleaning it properly wont harm that value? You made an errant statement...thats all. He was relieved to know he didnt destroy any possible value (low or high) by cleaning it and might have even helped preserve it...thats good. regardless of what the value of the token was...cleaning it did not automatically take away any value it would have had...unless the cleaning was harsh. This was my only point. After that post you said: if you want to argue that it was worth 1 cent before and now its 2 cents you can make that argument. that is the arguement I am making...because it is correct and contradicts what you said before in a post that said simply: whatever numismatic value it had you took it away when you decided to clean it. What about that statement tells anyone anything more than "clean a coin (token), lose its value"....nothing. Promise...last word on this....
You have decided in your head and are writing paragraphs after paragraphs. so you can go on writing whatever you wish. The person who asked the question has got the answer and a right one at that. I have no interest what so ever in arguing with you it doesnt do anything for the OP or for me.
fair enough, kidromeo, my apologies for derailing this thread a bit. Just needed to let you know you dont ruin a coin by cleaning properly, something I felt important enough to emphasize for anyone. If in the future you have a real dirty coin (or signs of corrosion) come by and show the coin and someone can help you with it most likely. take care.
