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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 611189, member: 2972&quot;]Don&#039;t believe me?&nbsp;&nbsp; Think it is conjecture?&nbsp; That&#039;s fine.&nbsp; Ask those same people what happens if you stop oiling a coin, and please post what they say.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying that oiling a coin doesn&#039;t protect it -- to the contrary it does -- but I am saying that once you start, you can&#039;t stop, or the oil will evaporate/migrate from the surface and the coin will likely begin toning in a splotchy way because the application of oil (typically with brushing) removes the protective oils that were on the coin to begin with and the applied oil doesn&#039;t disappear all at once (thus the splotchiness).</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this makes it more clear...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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