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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1916532, member: 42773&quot;]Ancient coins are a separate issue, though. It&#039;s extremely rare that an ancient coin is excavated that doesn&#039;t need some sort of cleaning. It&#039;s still an accepted part of the hobby today.</p><p><br /></p><p>I should think that even a cursory look through the US coinage of the 19th century would convince you that cleaning was <i>de rigeur</i> in the hobby at some point. For every problem-free coin, you&#039;ve got a dozen that are harshly scrubbed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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