yooper69
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After searching this sports park over the last 2 weeks and coming up with one clad after another, this one blew me away. Still new at this so this helps to keep me in the game. Any suggestions on how to get the black stuff off?
Usually itโs best not to clean a coin as it can diminish its value to a collector. With dug coins however, unless itโs a rare or special date or variety, it usually wonโt matter, so whatever you want to do to it is ok. The worst thing you can do is rub it when thereโs dirt on it. Itโs hard to resist the urge when you first dig it up, but you really should hold it by the edges until you can spray it with water. Silver scratches very very easily! A friend of mine once found a Barber half and wiped it ever so gently and then found it was a key date. The guy at the coin shop was so ticked off and actually yelled at him telling him he ruined in the coin. He said instead of giving him $250 for it he wouldnโt give more than $50 now.So just out of curiosity. Why is the overwhelming response lean towards not cleaning the black stuff off the quarter. My initial reaction was to get it back as close to original as possible. Yet there seems to be a general consensus to leave it alone. No offense meant by this question, just wondering. Thanks!