Best advice for Samigirl and her coins
Don't! The best advice we can give for most people about cleaning coins is...don't!We see far more coins ruined by cleaning than we see coins which have been improved by cleaning.Generally speaking coins can not be improved by cleaning them. It is certainly impossible to improve their condition by doing so.We first saw this advice in 1962 edition of Seaby's Standard Catalogue, and it still appears in the same book today, although it is now published by Spink.
If You Have To Ask - Definitely Do Not Clean Them! It's true that if you had to ask about cleaning your coins, how to, or whether to, then the best thing for you to do is nothing. Don't clean them. You will almost certainly not improve them, and you are much more likely to spoil them. To hear from the experts click:
3 comments:
guess that answered that question!
i thought that was quite interesting myself...but we reaalllly want to, they do give tips on the site!
go for it... try one and see what happens
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