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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7632873, member: 84905"]I don't know much about modern coins, but I guess collectors are looking for mint fresh coins, all shiny and lustrous. These coins have never darkened and hence were never cleaned (ideally). </p><p>Yet, 2000 year old coins don't come out of the ground all silvery and shiny. Any shiny ancient silver coin has been cleaned in modern times. Hence, collectors are typically after some aesthetical toning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7632873, member: 84905"]I don't know much about modern coins, but I guess collectors are looking for mint fresh coins, all shiny and lustrous. These coins have never darkened and hence were never cleaned (ideally). Yet, 2000 year old coins don't come out of the ground all silvery and shiny. Any shiny ancient silver coin has been cleaned in modern times. Hence, collectors are typically after some aesthetical toning.[/QUOTE]
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