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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 5389894, member: 112&quot;]Well, to be honest with you that&#039;s about the most common reason there is for those new to the hobby, and or those collectors who are inexperienced, either wanting to know how to clean coins, or for their actual trying to clean coins - and doing it improperly. In other words, it&#039;s why they make so many mistakes and so many coins end up ruined forever. So, you are far, far, from being alone in your thinking !</p><p><br /></p><p>To be honest with you about something else, coins with significant wear on them aren&#039;t supposed to be shiny. They&#039;re supposed to look like that coin of yours. So making them shiny tells the rest of the world that somebody has been messing with these coins !</p><p><br /></p><p>But yeah, I get it, I get that thinking, EVERYBODY gets it ! Everybody wants their coins to look as nice as possible, and for lots of folks - that&#039;s nice and shiny. But usually the only time you&#039;re gonna get that is when the coins are unc, and do not have significant toning. </p><p><br /></p><p>In a way wanting your coins to be shiny is kinda like waxing and polishing up an old car. If ya don&#039;t - it just looks like another old car. But if ya do, it makes it look special - and not just top you but to everybody else too. Thing is though, coins aren&#039;t old cars. And people who know coins know they&#039;re supposed to look. And when they don&#039;t look like they&#039;re supposed to look - first thing that comes to mind is that coin has been messed with and there&#039;s something wrong with it !</p><p><br /></p><p>So what I&#039;m trying to get across here is that wanting coins like that to look nice and shiny - it&#039;s gonna have exactly the opposite effect that you want it to have ! About the only folks who are gonna think it looks better all shiny are those who don&#039;t know any better. Those who are new, or inexperienced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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