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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 730886, member: 17919&quot;]<b>Erasing coins</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Some collectors were told to us a pencil eraser on the coins before pushing them into a folder! Bad, very BAD!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Isn&#039;t that the truth! However, one of my first coin mentors (in 1967, or thereabouts) cautioned me not to use a pencil eraser-- if I had to use an eraser, it should be a stand-alone eraser, because the metal of the pencil eraser &quot;might scratch the coin.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I was also advised by someone else to use Wright&#039;s Silver Cream for cleaning my nascent Franklin Half collection. Needless to say, the coins looked instantly shiny and new to my 9-year-old eyes, but the local coin dealer could instantly tell that they were polished.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was also told to use olive oil to preserve shiny pennies. I don&#039;t think it worked too well, but at least it probably didn&#039;t damage my pennies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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