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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;oz_in_ohio, post: 3196117, member: 89534&quot;]******************************************</p><p>First rule of coin collecting is never clean a coin. You will see that in all coin references..... Secondly if it is copper and has lost the lustre and is VF or so, use a cuetip with olive oil and rub it around the coin....Do not pick the dirt off with a metal item such as a pin as it will scratch...I recommend a toothpick and wood does not scratch the metal....Just remember any person that says they do not clean up coins a bit, they are telling untruths.... The easiest way to tell if a coin has been cleaned is that the olive oil will be in the small crivices like the feathers and inside the lettering ( A B D E F G S and so on ) so you have to spend a lot of time getting all the grime out.....Here is a scan of the information i have in a book [ATTACH=full]826061[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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