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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2128213, member: 42773&quot;]Since I collect ancients, ALL of my coins have been cleaned, and even the few moderns I collect get a bath in acetone, for the removal of biological and/or otherwise unsavory matter. At first I was apprehensive about cleaning coins because of the relentless mantra among US collectors about NOT cleaning coins. So I bought a handful of the dirtiest, most worthless coins I could find for practice. Here&#039;s one example that was covered in PVC gunk, before and after...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]404808[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t believe an acetone bath could ever be considered improper cleaning. Taking a scrub brush or electricity to a coin is a different matter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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