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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 835300, member: 19423&quot;]Don&#039;t clean them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you must clean them up, a soak in mineral oil for a few weeks to a few months (depending on how dirty) will usually loosen up quite a bit of the dirt.&nbsp; But don&#039;t use brushes, or anything like that to assist.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you decide to ignore the advice, practice your method of madness on a common coin from pocket change so you don&#039;t mess up the old stuff as you learn.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Of course, a list of dates and/or photos would be helpful to confirm whether there are any of particular value that you definitely shouldn&#039;t touch at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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