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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3929113, member: 112"]Way more than either of you might think. I say that because there have been stories similar to this one for over a century. I've read a few accounts from the 1800's of hotels and other establishments cleaning coinage on a regular basis.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the practice of routinely or regularly cleaning coinage goes far beyond that - even museums do it. The Smithsonian itself has always cleaned the coins in the official US Collection. And if I'm not mistaken they still do even today. In times past they used to take the coins and wipe them down with a jeweler's cloth. That's a basically a piece of cloth impregnated with jeweler's rouge - a polishing compound. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ya see, just like high end hotels and other so called ritzy establishments, the museums want their coins to be nice and shiny for the public and patrons. You also have to remember that until the 1960's almost all collectors did exactly the same thing to the coins in their collections. And it was only decades after the 60's that it really slowed down with collectors. It took that long for them to learn that what they were doing, had been doing for centuries, was wrong and harmful to the coins. Sadly, there are still those collectors who still do it today. And many museums, they still do it today as well, gotta keep those coins on display all nice and shiny for the public.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ya see, the general public, they simply don't know any better. Just like the thousands of members who have come to this forum over the years don't know any better. They too want their coins nice and shiny because to them nice and shiny is a good thing. They truly believe that wiping and cleaning the coins with rags, brushes, and basically anything and everything else you can think of - is a good thing. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ya really can't blame these people, clean is good dirty is bad - always has been. It's an idea, a philosophy that has been ingrained in them, ingrained in all of us, from the time were are born. We are taught that everything has to be CLEAN - all nice and shiny. So why should it be any different with coins ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, that's where education, the accumulation of knowledge, and the understanding that goes with it comes into play <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3929113, member: 112"]Way more than either of you might think. I say that because there have been stories similar to this one for over a century. I've read a few accounts from the 1800's of hotels and other establishments cleaning coinage on a regular basis. But the practice of routinely or regularly cleaning coinage goes far beyond that - even museums do it. The Smithsonian itself has always cleaned the coins in the official US Collection. And if I'm not mistaken they still do even today. In times past they used to take the coins and wipe them down with a jeweler's cloth. That's a basically a piece of cloth impregnated with jeweler's rouge - a polishing compound. Ya see, just like high end hotels and other so called ritzy establishments, the museums want their coins to be nice and shiny for the public and patrons. You also have to remember that until the 1960's almost all collectors did exactly the same thing to the coins in their collections. And it was only decades after the 60's that it really slowed down with collectors. It took that long for them to learn that what they were doing, had been doing for centuries, was wrong and harmful to the coins. Sadly, there are still those collectors who still do it today. And many museums, they still do it today as well, gotta keep those coins on display all nice and shiny for the public. Ya see, the general public, they simply don't know any better. Just like the thousands of members who have come to this forum over the years don't know any better. They too want their coins nice and shiny because to them nice and shiny is a good thing. They truly believe that wiping and cleaning the coins with rags, brushes, and basically anything and everything else you can think of - is a good thing. Ya really can't blame these people, clean is good dirty is bad - always has been. It's an idea, a philosophy that has been ingrained in them, ingrained in all of us, from the time were are born. We are taught that everything has to be CLEAN - all nice and shiny. So why should it be any different with coins ? Well, that's where education, the accumulation of knowledge, and the understanding that goes with it comes into play ;)[/QUOTE]
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