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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3053012, member: 19463"]There are two kinds of uncleaned coins: those that might look better cleaned and those that definitely would look worse. There are two kinds of cleaned coins: those that were improved by cleaning and those what were impaired. It is easier to learn the difference between these second groups after the fact than it is the first before. There are two kinds of people who clean coins: those whith a chance of success and those doomed to fail. I am in the latter group. While I approve of NOT cleaning any of the above, I especially would not touch that Decius sestertius. I believe it would be easy to make it worse and unlikely to improve. I know I could wash the dirt out of the rough spots and ruin it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Have faith, some coins can recover from cleaning in only fifty years. Act in haste, repent in leisure. Scratches last forever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3053012, member: 19463"]There are two kinds of uncleaned coins: those that might look better cleaned and those that definitely would look worse. There are two kinds of cleaned coins: those that were improved by cleaning and those what were impaired. It is easier to learn the difference between these second groups after the fact than it is the first before. There are two kinds of people who clean coins: those whith a chance of success and those doomed to fail. I am in the latter group. While I approve of NOT cleaning any of the above, I especially would not touch that Decius sestertius. I believe it would be easy to make it worse and unlikely to improve. I know I could wash the dirt out of the rough spots and ruin it. Have faith, some coins can recover from cleaning in only fifty years. Act in haste, repent in leisure. Scratches last forever.[/QUOTE]
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