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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lawdogct, post: 102242, member: 1476&quot;]The next time silver prices go high enough, a lot of people (think primarily non-collectors) aren&#039;t going to care one lick about micro layers, luster, mint states, etc. as they toss every silver coin they can get their hands on into a smelter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I&#039;m against cleaning.&nbsp; Shine your coins up today, and 10 years later you&#039;ll wish you hadn&#039;t.&nbsp; I learned this as a kid by using lemon kool-aid mix (no sugar little packet things) to shine up my loose Lincolns. Works much better on brass <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Rinsed them off real well, but it didn&#039;t matter.&nbsp; Now they are all ugly as sin.&nbsp; I can&#039;t see dipping being any different other than how long it will take for the coin to become ugly.&nbsp; If residual acid doesn&#039;t do its work, then other impurities coming in contact with the bare silver, copper, whatever, will.</p><p><br /></p><p>Entropy is entropy is entropy.&nbsp; As much as we collectors fight it, it happens anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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