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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rld14, post: 1080070, member: 16133&quot;]You don&#039;t need to use a scrub brush to destroy the surfaces of the coin.&nbsp; From the pictures that you posted, the 50c piece in question shows surfaces that have been basically destroyed by cleaning.&nbsp; Cleaning an old coin to make it &quot;bright and shiny&quot; is like taking a painting by Van Gogh and &quot;brightening&quot; it by using fingerpaints.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the value, I took a guess based on what I saw a few sell for on eBay, and regardless of whatever the value of the coin is, it&#039;s worth a fraction of the market value of one that has not been cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, let me rephrase....&nbsp; As far as any knowledgeable coin collector is concerned, that coin is now a &quot;problem coin&quot; and worth a fraction of it&#039;s normal market value.&nbsp; By cleaning this coin you caused irreparable damage to the coin, damage that cannot be undone.&nbsp; Period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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