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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 632814, member: 12965&quot;]It seems we can&#039;t get away from that question so I figured I&#039;d put in my 1 cent/penny.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Whether to clean a coin or not depends totally on the dirty coin in question. If it&#039;s not a key date nor worth a lot and if the coin is ugly because of the crud that&#039;s on it, then what harm can there be from making it look better, as long as you don&#039;t go overboard?&nbsp; :goofer:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I picked up a Connecticut Copper that was in a NCS slab and it was still dirty after they &quot;conserved&quot; it.&nbsp; :goof:&nbsp; I couldn&#039;t take the dirt so I cleaned it.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; You can look at the before and after pics and draw your own conclusion as to which looks better and which you&#039;d prefer, if it was your coin.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2923/obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1820/revqdl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6796/003mvj.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4857/004ehy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is actually a coin that&#039;s worth quite a bit, since it&#039;s a 33.4-q (R-5) but like I said in the beginning, I couldn&#039;t take the dirt on the coin so I had to remove it.&nbsp; :eating:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Feel free to show before-and-after pics of your cleaning experiments.&nbsp; :thumb: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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