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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;markkawika, post: 874431, member: 4877&quot;]I have a collection of Barber quarters that I inherited from my grandfather.&nbsp; They were stored in a really old Whitman folder (the copyright date is 1940).</p><p><br /></p><p>I took them out (very carefully) to examine them, and every single one has really dark vertical lines on the reverse from the glue on the paper.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are almost all G-4 at best.&nbsp; They&#039;re all extremely worn down, and in some cases the date is barely visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of them are worth less than $10 in their current condition.&nbsp; There&#039;s a few exceptions, most notably an 1892-S and an 1896-O.</p><p><br /></p><p>Barring those exceptions, I&#039;m wondering how much further damage I could possibly do to these coins with a quick dip and a cleaning.&nbsp; I&#039;m well aware of the prohibition against cleaning my coins, and I haven&#039;t done anything to them yet.&nbsp; It just seems to me that dipping a G-4 coin is only going to make it prettier, especially with the ugly lines on the reverse of all of these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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