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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pwwright74, post: 1298875, member: 34188&quot;]Greetings all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m new to this site and am also new to coin collecting. I have a possibly silly and/or anal question to present to you guys about something I believe I did wrong. I recently purchased two Morgans (not encapsulated), both of which were advertised as being in the uncirculated or MS 60-63 range in terms of grading. The other night, before storing them in capsules, I decided to gently wipe them off with a new lens cloth (dry lens cloth used for eye ware, thinking that that would be safe. I knew beforehand that it was taboo to &quot;clean&quot; coins, but I assumed that was cleaning with abrasives or with chemicals, but I didn&#039;t consider wiping to be &quot;cleaning.&quot; But I read after the fact that even wiping the coins can cause minute scratches that can detract from the value.&nbsp; These coins are really not THAT high in value - both are in around the $65 range - and one of them already has a visible scratch on the reverse side. Also, both already had some other wear and small scratches here and there. Do you think I caused that much damaged or compromised their value further? Many thanks in advance for your help and input. </p><p><br /></p><p>Paul[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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