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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1390984, member: 19463&quot;]There is a big difference between ancient and old.&nbsp; Papal and Indian Princely coins are not ancient are usually not cleaning candidates unless they were metal detector finds and have adhering soil.&nbsp; Almost all ancients (at least 1000 years old and more ikely over 1500 or more years old)&nbsp; are in this category and require cleaning to some degree.&nbsp; The problem is recognizing when the removable material is gone and doing more would hurt the coin.&nbsp; This is why I suggest beginning collectors buy coins that have already been cleaned by people who know what they are doing and learn the process and its pitfalls by observing the mistakes of others before they start mauling perfectly innocent coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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