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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 21249, member: 57463&quot;]Straits Settlement, Malaya and Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Australia, ... the British Commonweath has an interesting history that is reflected in its many moneys.&nbsp; I like British East India coins and paper of the Eastern Caribbean Authority.&nbsp; This is, indeed, the right place to be.&nbsp; Not many people here actively collect what you do.&nbsp; However, just about everyone here will be <u>interested</u> in read about you and what you collect. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know how things are on the Malay peninsula, but here in Michigan, USA, cleaning a coin ruins it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I understand that an oxidized coin might beg for some &quot;remediation&quot; but it has to be done carefully.&nbsp; Also, the bottom line, the harsh fact of reality, is that if a coin is ruined by oxidation, it is ruined by oxidation.&nbsp; If this were some museum piece, then it deserves conservation, but usually the most common coins are just given decent burials.&nbsp; Now that you have stripped off whatever natural surface it had, you might try retoning it.&nbsp; Some people mix a paste of flowers of sulphur in petroleum jelly (&quot;Vaseline&quot;) and apply that to a copper or silver coin.&nbsp; Sometimes it helps give a coin a more natural appearance when it was been overcleaned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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