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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silvereagle82, post: 27474, member: 1700&quot;]As a &quot;newbie&quot; to this hobby, and after several weeks of being mentored by all of the knowledgeable moderators and experienced collectors in this forum, I thought the article was very good for someone new to this hobby. </p><p>As I have found in all things in life, opinions differ greatly among experts&nbsp; and the cleaning issue in coins as it pertains to &quot;acetone&quot; dipping seems to be one of those issues in coin collecting.</p><p>I would assume a staff writer for Coin World (I know nothing about the reputation of this company and/or magazine/website or the writer, Eric von Klinger) is giving his opinion about the subject and yes one would assume he is an expert in his field???</p><p><br /></p><p>That all said, after reading the article and taking all the precautions listed in it I have found my desk looks like an operating room. My wife came in my study last night and asked what was going&nbsp; I had two spot lites shining on a desk draped with a cotton sheet with a velvet pad on top, I had on cotton gloves with latex gloves under them, I had a set of plastic tongs in my hand, my Sharper Image air/dust purifier running full throtle and my grandfathers oxygen mask on my face so I wouldn&#039;t breathe on the coin. All this time I was handling/looking at a MS-63/64 1879-O Morgan unslabbed worth $75. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>SHE THINKS I&quot;M NUTS !!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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