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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 754856, member: 19463&quot;]I agree with <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/ardatirion/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/ardatirion/">Ardatirion</a>.&nbsp; A major part of the uncleaned coin hobby is learning to differentiate between cleanable uncleaned coins and hopeless ones to be sold to people who don&#039;t know the difference.&nbsp; Of course there are many people who take pride in being able to clean coins that I would consider uncleanable but that is not where you start in the uncleaned hobby.&nbsp; There is great reward in being able to save a beautiful coin from a lump of corrosion but there is also potential frustration.&nbsp; Inside every $1 uncleaned coin dos NOT lurk a valuable prize.&nbsp; Start by buying cleaned coins; move up to slightly dirty coins that you are sure you can help; graduate to big jobs in the hope for occasional miracles and ocassional failures.&nbsp; I have been collecting coins for 45+ years and am in phase two of the above suggestion.&nbsp; You may learn faster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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