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<p>[QUOTE="Neil in WJ, post: 578434, member: 18478"]As a rule the answer is generally yes, cleaning does decrease the value of coins. The exception to that is excavated coins. All of my copper and bronze coins that are dug from the earth are carefully bathed in a hot hydrogen peroxide solution. This is necessary to remove harmful minerals that would otherwise destroy the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any rare coin (if it can be identified) is not cleaned at all by me. I leave that up to the professionals![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Neil in WJ, post: 578434, member: 18478"]As a rule the answer is generally yes, cleaning does decrease the value of coins. The exception to that is excavated coins. All of my copper and bronze coins that are dug from the earth are carefully bathed in a hot hydrogen peroxide solution. This is necessary to remove harmful minerals that would otherwise destroy the coin. Any rare coin (if it can be identified) is not cleaned at all by me. I leave that up to the professionals![/QUOTE]
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