May
20
In coin collecting, does cleaning a coin with only a dry, clean cotton cloth decrease it’s value?
Filed Under Hobbies & Crafts
Mark B asked:
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
ELLIOTT
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
ELLIOTT
