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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 610995, member: 112&quot;]Boss, people used the same argument about lacquer, shellac and fingernail polish for decades - saying that it protected their coins, they had been doing it for many years and that they had had no problems. </p><p><br /></p><p>Same argument was used in regard to harshly cleaning coins and polishing them up with a jeweler&#039;s cloth for even longer - a hundred years or more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even today, you will find that some of the most respected names in the hobby will promulgate the idea that you should wash your circ coins with soap and water - and that no harm will be done. Completely ignoring the <u>fact</u>, not an opinion, that all soaps will leave a residue on the coins that causes spotty toning, dirt accumulation and later damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of these things are today recognized as a big no-no by pretty much the entire numismatic community. And for every knowledgeable person that says oil, Coin Care, Blue Ribbon and similar products are harmless - you can find 10 who say the exact opposite.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think it will be too many years down the road that so called coin care products will be universally accepted as being bad for your coins - just like all the things I listed above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Using your logic, I could propose the idea, and absolutely prove beyond a shadow of a doubt, that encasing your coins in Lucite would be the be all, end all way to protect your coins for eternity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank God we haven&#039;t gotten to that point - yet !</p><p><br /></p><p>But they ARE your coins, do as you wish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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