collectible coins
Why does cleaning collectible coins decrease their value?
I have read many comments on these boards stating that you should NEVER clean a collectible coin using ANY method, because doing so would decrease it’s value by at least half. Nobody ever says why. Why wouldn’t a clean coin be worth more than one covered with tar, body oils, and gutter slime?
In general, when selling antiques and other valuable items; when you clean something you are damaging it. And when an item is not cleaned the patina that builds up on it is an indication of its true age.
Things that are too clean are often fakes. It is difficult to fake the build up of dirt and grim that come with the passage of time.
Collectors can acess the age of something better if it is not cleaned.
If the buyer wants the item cleaned, let them do it. This also saves you as a seller from having to bother with that.
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