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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3098704, member: 27832&quot;]Then... this seems like an odd hobby to pursue?</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s face it: <b>coins have cooties</b>. Period. Circulated coins have been kept in pockets, slid across counters, dropped on the floor, maybe even in the toilet. But scrubbing them, the way you&#039;d clean anything else you picked up off the ground, <i>damages their surfaces in a way that matters to most collectors</i>, and <i>can&#039;t be undone</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are <i>your</i> coins, and you can do as you like with them. But saying &quot;I don&#039;t like dirty coins, so I clean all mine&quot; seems a bit like saying &quot;I love cats, but I don&#039;t like getting my furniture scratched, so I have all my cats de-clawed&quot;. Someone who knows nothing about cats might well say &quot;seems reasonable&quot;, but mention de-clawing around actual cat lovers at your own peril...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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