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Message:: [QUOTE="Boss, post: 609543, member: 15110"]Yes, I am.  Guilty as charged.  I have spoken with people who have been using oils a long, long time withou ill effect.  I know the chemist may have proved that sulfur can react with coins as it is free and not bound.  This is also on the assumption that oils have a significant enough amount of sulfur in them to react- we won't know easily, but I doubt it. I think this is theoretical and does so extremely slowly if it happens at all.  Jim and Thad who argued that, I don't think ever oil their coins so they don't know by personal experience.  In fact, I know they haven't they stated so.  I have spoke with many people (some of significant status) who have oiled coins many, many years without ill effect.  In fact, Q David Bowers suggest such as a good conservation method.  I know eddiespin showed those coins after 15 years with oil, but he said he washed off with warm soapy water.  This will cause a reaction as water and oil don't mix, and the oil will coagulate and trap water within it.  You don't remove oil with water.  That's what I believe cause his coins to look like that.  I like Coin Care and mineral oil the most.  Lately using Coin Care.  I knew a little "oil provocation" would pull you out of the woodworks.:hug::hug:Boss:hail:[/QUOTE]