You asked for it Spock. I guess to keep it coin related, lets say we're talking chocolate coins, which suprisingly, have a small collector following. They may not eat them after seeing this: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html#CHPTA Guy~
I bet you gave up meat in India as well. And since their food production is so much cleaner than the US, I doubt you have to worry about insects in your food :hail:
lightly refers to the results. the method is irrelevant, the resultant coin is all that matters. That said it a coin still has "a little luster remaining" then that is a harsh cleaning, nothing light about it. A light cleaning might diminish the luster slightly, but only to someone who knows what they are looking at. to a novice there would be no perceptible difference. Please note that when one mentions that a coin is lightly cleaned they usually mean "cleaned to the point that it will not grade at NGC or PCGS, but still fairly attractive".
Ahhhh - I thought you were referring to a post made here on CT. Didn't realize that you were referring to JD's article.
Agreed. But David, dipping a coin is not thought of as cleaning in the numismatic community. Cleaning a coin and dipping a coin are two completely and different things.
Thanks for the information, I think. Will have to start checking the ingredients labels a little closer.:thumb:
I guess "usually" will disqualify my answer from refuting your point but........my 1847 Seated Dollar (see my thread "A Life of a Seated Dollar") got graded at PCGS AU50 even though it had been lightly cleaned in the past.
hell no everything is bought here ( raw grain) filtered and processed ( in my house) its as pure as it gets.
This is one of the exceptions. Usually it is a phrase that is used by a seller to let them off the hook by mentioning the cleaning but in your case it seems to be an accurate (even conservative) assessment.
I clean all my raw coins with warm water and dishwashing liquid dried with an old cotton t shirt before I put them in 2x2's.
