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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3209831, member: 112&quot;]It goes back a lot further than that. The practice of collectors harshly cleaning their coins is one that goes back for centuries. And even today it is still practiced by a certain portion of collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now not everybody did this but most certainly did. Even museums did it, and some still do. To the best of my knowledge things began to change regarding this practice in the 1950&#039;s. Harsh cleaning came to be known as a bad thing because it became clear that it was damaging to coins. My grandfather first taught me about it in 1960. And even then it took quite a while before it became the prevalent way of thinking.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has really been only that last few decades that proper storage and proper handling of coins has been widely accepted as the right way to go.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the OP&#039;s question, that&#039;s entirely up to you. Some folks keep them, trade them, sell them. There is no right or wrong to it, it&#039;s just a matter of choice. The important thing is that one recognizes the coins as being what they are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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