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a good comparison of one with a high grade would of the one currently for sale in the auction section...
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Oh please don't tell everyone about coop's BU wheats he's been listing lately, I've been loving them  But seriously, learning about cleaned coins is an important skill numismatist's must master. And do check out the auctions here, they have been rocking. |
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I am new to collecting too...So did you find that in a roll? Or did you buy it? The only coins I "clean" are ones I find metal detecting and I just use warm water just to get the dirt off..I still think its a cool find! Good Job!
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I found it in a bank roll
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Without getting too technical, what is it about a cleaned coin that people don't like? If there is something (let's just generally call it "dirt") on the coin that makes it look not nice, but the coin is in good enough shape that it would look good if the Dirt was gone -- why does cleaning it "ruin" it, so long as the cleaner doesn't cause mechanical or chemical damage to the coin?
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I think there are three reasons most collectors don't like cleaned coins. One is that they look so unnatural. A cleaned coin has a dull shiny look as opposed to a crisp shiny look. Second, a cleaned coin is sort of like cheating--you're trying to turn a circulated coin into an uncirculated one. The third reason is that, as a rule, cleaning a coin automatically destroys its numismatic value in the marketplace.
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05/13/2011 7:00 pm
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Preferences aside, people won't really like a cleaned coin if A) the coin didn't need to be cleaned, B) it had a really bad and improper cleaning, or C) as jpsned said, it looks unnatural. Or any combo of the three. That being said, I doubt most people would like a coin with so many bad hairlines from cleaning that it looks like Wolverine scratched up the coin
If a coin looks so bad or is cheap enough that cleaning it won't affect its value, and its owner knows how to clean coins properly, then cleaning the coin would be ok IMO.
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why does cleaning it "ruin" it, so long as the cleaner doesn't cause mechanical or chemical damage to the coin Because that's generally what happens when a coin is cleaned. If you could remove foreign material without disturbing the coin's surface at all (like with a quick acetone dip) that's generally (but not universally) considered to be acceptable. |
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I'm glad you didn't spend money for it (except one cent) Keep it with you, look at at from time to time, compare with a high grade wheaty. You'll get the hang of it.  |
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Yeah, coin cleaning will leave scratches or otherwise affect the metal (like stripping off metal). There are some "conservation" techniques that aim only to stop corrosion without actually affecting the quality of the coin, but there seems to be a significant minority which does not like this except in more extreme cases of coin damage, e.g. stopping verdigris.
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If there is something (let's just generally call it "dirt") on the coin that makes it look not nice, but the coin is in good enough shape that it would look good if the Dirt was gone -- why does cleaning it "ruin" it, so long as the cleaner doesn't cause mechanical or chemical damage to the coin? Preservation/conservation is what you are talking about here, which is acceptable. "Cleaning" removes the patina of a coin, while preservation does not. |
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Thanks for the images eric. 50 years from now it won't be worthless to collectors. And if the cause of the shine is varnish overspray from somebody's workbench, removal is easy if done right.
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