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mshay844 New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 03/09/2017 04:55 am Is this an improvement or a big mistake? before and after cleaned. If this is posted in the wrong forum, I apologize. I'm new to this. * Edited by Staff to remove YELLING. All capital letters is the internet version of yelling. Please don't do it in titles or posts. * * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 03/09/2017 05:14 am Depends. If you wanted a shiny coin than improvement,if you wanted it to have collector value than mistake.As a general rule,do not clean coins.No biggy in this case because the coin was nothing special to start with. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 03/09/2017 06:03 am Depends what needs to be cleaned, Almost all ancient coins and metal detector finds need cleaning, when recovered from ground burial. Generally speaking modern coins do not need cleaning. If they are cleaned, in almost all cases a loss in value is certain. Can be good fun when low numismatic value coins are involved, but the resulting coins are of little interest to most collectors. Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 03/09/2017 06:53 am Big mistake ! Leave well enough alone . That Lincoln didn't need to be cleaned . So take the hints we're not striving for shiny coins unless they are naturally Brilliant Uncirculated . Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 03/09/2017 07:26 am spend it on and learn the lessons: don't clean coins -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 03/09/2017 12:01 pm There's plenty of examples of mint state 1963's around, billions minted so no special value. Cleaning that harshly only decreases any value, just look better. Depends what used to clean, a harsh cleaner takes a slight layer of metal off, soap and water is better as a start to clean, acetone and rinse next, then use a verdigris product. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 03/09/2017 1:12 pm Ghastly. Doing that to a very common coin from circulation will only get you disapproving looks. Do it to something rare and collectible and they will come after you with torches and pitchforks. (Too many Frankenstein movies as a kid.) Edited by Conder101 03/09/2017 1:13 pm Report this Post to the Staff
nfine Pillar of the Community United States 3469 Posts	Posted 03/09/2017 1:57 pm Neither. Nothing you did helped or hurt that common date coin. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19943 Posts	Posted 03/09/2017 2:11 pm MISTAKE! Luckily, it's a very low value coin. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 03/09/2017 4:16 pm to the forum! I am curious to know how you got the before and after coin in the same picture with your finger and thumb. Edited by cwb 03/09/2017 4:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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