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In coin collecting, does cleaning a coin with only a dry, clean cotton cloth decrease it's value?
I bought a set of Kennedy half dollars from 1964 thru 1986 off e-bay for a g...
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In coin collecting, does cleaning a coin with only a dry, clean cotton cloth decrease it's value?
I bought a set of Kennedy half dollars from 1964 thru 1986 off e-bay for a good price, but was dissappointed to see that the coins and the Dansco album they were in were covered with some kind of "crud." I'm not sure how to describe it. This album has obviously not been cared for in about 25 years. The seller has no scruples and will not make good on his sale, so I want to salvage it by cleaning off the coins with a plain cotton t-shirt and putting them in a new Dansco album. I cleaned off one proof coin and it looks the way a proof coin is supposed to look. If I can do so without decreasing the value, I'd like to clean off all the coins and put them in a new Dansco album. Is wiping a coin clean with a dry cotton cloth (with no cleaning agent) okay by the customs of coin collecting ?
Thanks
Cleaning the coins with a soft cloth no matter how soft will leave tiny scratches called hair line scratches by collectors. I wish I knew what you meant by crud? Proof coins have a special surface and usually anything done to it will make it change maybe not now but in to months to come. On the other you can try acetone the kind from a harware store 100%. Dip it into that for it will desolve glues and goos as well as oils and grease. put coin in distilled water and pat dry with solt cloth no rubbing. try that and see do one one and check it out before dong the rest. I do not recogmend cleaning proofs but you can try one of the less valuable ones. The one problem of doing business with ebay is the many crooks on it. In the end the average Joe does not make out. I actually get better deals from my local dealer. Hope this helps.
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