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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3625922, member: 71642&quot;]I have zero problem with &#039;washing&#039; a coin or taking the time to remove a substance that can cause damage or is noxious.&nbsp; Wish I&#039;d seen the thread.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, there&#039;s washing, stabilizing, dipping, scrubbing, whizzing, polishing &#039;restoring&#039;, (not to mention artificial toning, doctoring, etc...shoot lets add a mintmark while we are at it).&nbsp; Some are helpful, some are destructive, some are deceptive.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What happened to the proof dollar above is sad.&nbsp; Washing off a bunch of nicotine deposit or pvc residue is helpful and desirable.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>OP (having never read any of your threads before), yes those are your coins to do with as you please.&nbsp; They are of little numismatic value as far as I know.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, it all depends on what you mean by &#039;cleaning&#039;.&nbsp; Some are nevers (pencil erasers on wheat cents from childhood...ouch and I cringe at that memory, but boy those Lincolns shone!). </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are interested in &#039;sparkling coins&#039; then it might be better to buy them thusly.&nbsp; That said, you can practice dipping on these two coins to your hearts content and when/if you ruin them by overdipping then you haven&#039;t really harmed the hobby.&nbsp; Someday you might find one that really would benefit and you&#039;ll have developed the skills.&nbsp; And skills are needed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But, look at that 1861 dollar and understand that it was ruined.&nbsp; If the previous owner had wanted a white coin then s/he should have bought one that way rather than allow that to happen.&nbsp; I suspect s/he either did it themselves or instructed their dealer to do so and a beautiful coin was ruined.&nbsp; It may be &#039;white&#039; but not sparkling, not as it was intended, and not beautiful if it is as lusterless and drab as it appears in the photos.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So, take your modern and plentiful coins, make them how you want or learn how NOT to mess them up.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But I will say, never clean with abrasives, scrub, pencil erasers, dremel etc <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Other than that, do some reading and figure out how to properly select both coin and method.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In the interests of disclosure I am no kind of expert and my leanings are for a natural surface but one that is stable (in fact recently sent a couple medals to someone to check out to make sure they were stable as I was unsure and not about to mess with them).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, there are many more out there who know exactly how to do cleaning.&nbsp; My &#039;supply&#039; shelf consists of distilled water, acetone, xylene (a newer thing for me), and a bottle of MS-70 which RARELY gets applied and usually in a very dilute amount.&nbsp; No Ez-Zest in my house.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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