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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 800731, member: 22004&quot;]<b>The best &quot;was&quot; to clean a coin</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Since the op used the word &quot;was&quot; instead of &quot;way&quot;, I was a little surprised that no one noticed since some collectors are sticklers for details, and the &quot;s&quot; on the querty keyboard is far from the &quot;y&quot; on the keyboard. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know two organizations that qualify with the letters &quot;was&quot;--both I am friendly with, and both would probably respond if contacted with this question, and may be willing to clean the coin for the o.p..&nbsp; The first &quot;was&quot; is Westport Astronomical Society, which has many competent amateur scientists as members--if the coin was sent there, a member might use the grit for &quot;grinding&quot; the glass of telescopes or put the coin in a rock tumbler, which would have interesting effects.&nbsp; Also, I have a former teacher, Warren Allen Smith, who tried to get &quot;was&quot; on his Connecticut license plate, but it was taken, so he got &quot;wasm&quot; instead. </p><p><br /></p><p>The word &quot;conserve&quot; as in &quot;conservative&quot; is a vital operating principle with coins. </p><p>Conservative:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2. cautiously moderate or purposefully low: a conservative estimate.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3. traditional in style or manner; avoiding novelty or showiness: conservative suit.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4. (often initial capital letter<img src="http://sp.ask.com/dictstatic/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />) of or pertaining to the Conservative party.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 5. (initial capital letter<img src="http://sp.ask.com/dictstatic/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Conservative Jews or Conservative Judaism.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 6. having the power or tendency to conserve; preservative</p><p>Conserve:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<b>1</b> <b>:</b> to keep in a safe or sound state &lt;he <i>conserved</i> his inheritance&gt;; <i>especially</i>&nbsp; <b>:</b> to avoid wasteful or destructive use of &lt;conserve natural resources&gt;</p><p><b>2</b> <b>:</b> to preserve with sugar</p><p><b>3</b> <b>:</b> to maintain (a quantity) constant during a process of chemical, physical, or evolutionary change &lt;<i>conserved</i> DNA sequences&gt;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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