3 Ways Not To Clean Collectible Coins (And The 1 Way You Can Clean Them)
If there's anything that gets novice coin collectors in trouble, it's the sometimes overwhelming desire to clean the dirty and stained coins that you accumulate. The older the coin, the more likely it is to be debris encrusted, or to have a coloring quite different than what you'd expect the original metal to look like. There are plenty of tutorials and guides out there that explain how to remove debris and restore a coin's original luster.