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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 3105443, member: 84179&quot;]And hopefully they are smart enough to recognize the inaccurate recommendations you&#039;re making when you tell them that they will make a larger profit by washing their coins rather than leaving them in the natural state.</p><p><br /></p><p>It really doesn&#039;t matter what you do.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s apparent to most of the experienced collectors on CT, where you fall on the knowledge and credibility scale.&nbsp; I just want to make sure that some new collector doesn&#039;t believe your &quot;contrarian&quot; opinions and think that they will profit by cleaning their coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Search through the CT archives and you&#039;ll find discussions on removing carbon spots from high grade copper, or the advantages and disadvantages of removing copper spots and alloy anomalies in gold, or the how chemical dipping affects the microscopic flow lines that generate luster.&nbsp; Those will help people learn.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do not consider this a personal attack.&nbsp; We are free to chose to believe whatever we want.&nbsp; I just want to make sure that a new collector doesn&#039;t read your thread and think cleaning their coins is a good thing.&nbsp; Initially, they may not be able to determine that many of the people who posted not to clean are experienced numismatists (some who posted even make their living through numismatics) while others who insist that cleaning has helped increase their profit have not demonstrated any credibility and are only offering a misguided opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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