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 Posted 11/30/2010  03:18 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add brokencompass to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
My friend has a bunch of silver coins that he gave to a jeweler to get them polished because it looked old. Oops!

Is there anything that can be done to reverse it at all?
What happens to coins like these when they are sent for grading?

Thanks
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11/30/2010 03:19 am
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 Posted 11/30/2010  04:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add scott hill to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
IT'best to leave these coins in the natural state,if you send them to a TPG service they will give it a grade with a cleaned designation,which definitely brings the desirability and price down
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 Posted 11/30/2010  05:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chris12018 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
NOOOOOOOO!! Don't clean or polish. They are better off in the natural state they are in.
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 Posted 11/30/2010  07:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cajun to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There is nothing that can be done to reverse it. Going forward, as you now know, don't clean any coin. That devalues the coin. Good luck.
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 Posted 11/30/2010  11:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add brokencompass to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Chris12018 : I know Chris! It is very sad because he had a lot of Pre 1850 British India coins polished and it broke my heart when I saw it :(
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 Posted 11/30/2010  11:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Way, way to late to say this but coins should not be cleaned, ever. As others already mentioned, they should not have been polished. Polishing is even normally worse than just cleaning. Cleaning, as a general rule, just removes dirt, grime or just stuff on a coin. Some cleanings also remove corrosions which are a little part of the coin.
Polishing is when someone actually puts a polish or wax on a coin and polishes it with a cloth or even a buffing wheel. This leaves a wax or polish on the coin, wears away much of the surface and removing the stuff also now exposes a really worn coin. Yes they look pretty but just not what collectors really want.
If you go to a Museum you would notice many really old objects are kept from getting dirty but no one cleans them. Imagine sending a Mummy out for polishing or cleaning.
Check the tab for SEARCH on this forum for polishing or cleaning. I've experimented with those and have sort of returned coins to looking normal. They never will really be normal again, but much better.
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 Posted 11/30/2010  2:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add upstate to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Now they're just worth the metal they are made of or close to it.
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 Posted 11/30/2010  5:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wheatguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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they are sent for grading?


They will be assigned a Genuine grade from PCGS and there will be a two digit code signifying the cleaning. NGC will be a general details grade, such as "AU Details", and ANACS gives a numerical details grade.

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 Posted 12/01/2010  03:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add xiang to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
better nt polish it....las yr I nearly clean off the mint of my 1920 coin...btw there'r people suggesting tat olive oil could be use to polish coin without ruining it...
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