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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 5386902, member: 102103&quot;]How much is a circulated 1943 steel cent worth?&nbsp; Maybe 10-50 cents?</p><p>So you don&#039;t have much to lose.&nbsp; If having a shiny steel cent makes you</p><p>happy, go for it.&nbsp; If you were for some reason trying to resell it, cleaning</p><p>it won&#039;t help the value and might hurt it a little.&nbsp; But for low-valued coins,</p><p>most of the hit you take comes from the spread between the retail sale</p><p>price and the buy price.&nbsp; A little bit of cleaning is secondary.&nbsp; If you never</p><p>play to sell it, why worry?</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit:&nbsp; Since I am verbose, let me add an analogy.&nbsp; Consider turning a coin </p><p>into jewelry.&nbsp; It ruins the coin numismatically, but coin jewelry is its own </p><p>thing which some people enjoy for its own sake.&nbsp; Likewise, some people </p><p>enjoy shiny coins.&nbsp; If it were a scarce coin it would be a shame to damage </p><p>one, but these are so plentiful it doesn&#039;t matter.&nbsp; That being said, you </p><p>may get more enjoyment out of the hobby if you can also enjoy coins with</p><p>their natural patina, even if they are not shiny.&nbsp; And an uncirculated steel </p><p>cent is only a few bucks, so you could also just buy one of those.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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