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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2616552, member: 1892&quot;]The soap and water didn&#039;t kill the coin, although - <b>if and only if</b> the work was visible - it&nbsp; would have reduced the value. It&#039;s the Tarnex which should have stayed under the sink.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaning coins is an iffy proposition which is discussed to death and then (rightly) repeated. Originality of surfaces is highly prized in numismatics, and cleaning is an operation which takes away that originality. The dirty little secret is, if the market is willing to overlook whatever&#039;s been done to the coin and still consider it original (reference made to the high percentage of extant Morgan Dollars which have been dipped), it&#039;s still &quot;original.&quot; The devil is in the details - learning how a coin &quot;ought&quot; to look, and what can and can&#039;t be done to one without altering the look.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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