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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willard t frye, post: 2183480, member: 74513&quot;]Here is what Charles F French(former president , Empire State Numismatic Association) has to say about cleaning. This synopsis is from memory and is from the 1998 edition of &quot;American Guide to U.S. Coins&quot;. Do not clean large copper cents and half cents. Do clean small copper cents unless they have desirable toning. It seems collectors of small cents love brilliant coins and those of large cents dark toning. Clean silver using Silver Dip but dip for only 5 seconds and immediately rinse. Gold does not normally need cleaning. Cleaners mentioned are Silver Dip, Care(does not change color on copper coins) and Brilliantize(removes spots and gives a brilliant color to copper coins).--- Warning the major grading services will not numerically grade if any indication of cleaning.---&nbsp; I might mention that many coin sites say &quot;NEVER CLEAN&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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