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<p>[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 283514, member: 3011"]If you have an open mind and a little bit of risk-taker in you, you can try to "unclean" the coins. Carry them around in your pocket for about 6 months with some other coins. What you want to do is wear them down by about a half to one grade. Coins are made for this type of handling. As they wear, a small amount of metal will be removed. This is the cleaned part. In the end, you should/could end up with an "uncleaned" XF turned VF and AU turned XF. If the coins are valuable, experiment on some others first. But often, an uncleaned XF is worth more than a cleaned AU, so it might be worth the effort.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cloudsweeper99, post: 283514, member: 3011"]If you have an open mind and a little bit of risk-taker in you, you can try to "unclean" the coins. Carry them around in your pocket for about 6 months with some other coins. What you want to do is wear them down by about a half to one grade. Coins are made for this type of handling. As they wear, a small amount of metal will be removed. This is the cleaned part. In the end, you should/could end up with an "uncleaned" XF turned VF and AU turned XF. If the coins are valuable, experiment on some others first. But often, an uncleaned XF is worth more than a cleaned AU, so it might be worth the effort.[/QUOTE]
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