For Sale: Numismatist grab bag/help with a coin?

[themoneycollector]

Originally Posted by acarr

You mention that a good cleaning could increase the value of these coins. I would recommend to never clean your coins. It will destroy the original luster.

Originally Posted by scooter

And destroy the value!

Originally Posted by Footbag

Cleaning coins yourself is a very bad idea and will hurt the value of your coins. Professional coin grading services can tell which coins have been cleaned and refuse to grade these specimens.

Extremely valuable coins in need of restoration can be professionally conserved, but this frequently removes the patina and still can negatively effect the value of the coins. The best advice, is to get them inside of a holder in the condition they are in and never touch them.

As for me, I like American coins, so sorry OP, but someone might make out pretty well with this deal.


Many of the methods suggested in that website are extremely poor idea's. If you find a potentially valuable coin while metal detecting, get it appraised before touching it.

Cleaning coins is extremely frowned upon by collectors.

Leave them in their original state and put them in either sleeves or holders to avoid any more damage.

Some less than savory dealers will do it, but cleaned coins are problematic and can never be graded or will be noted as having been cleaned before.