Not an expert But want to know

[T-ledoux]

I have been in the hobby off and on for about 20 years.I do it for a while and it gets boring digging pull tabs and can slaw so I hang it up for a while then pick it up again. I do it for Two reasons.1. I have C.O.P.D. so I need to get out and get some exercise and 2. THE MONEY, I am not really into relic hunting. you have to dig to many holes and I get wended to quick. So I watch a lot of videos and there are some out there(I am a summing coin collectors) who get real anal about rubbing coins. The way I see it a coin had to go through a lot more abuse in a pocket with other coins than I am going to do just by rubbing the dirt off. Now I could see if I really applied a lot of pressure but just to wipe the dirt off to see the date, come on it's not like every silver coin is a big treasure .

 

[jazzman58]

Ahhh, the old "coin rub". I do it myself, but probably shouldn't. Lately I've tried to carry a bottle of water with me so I can rinse the coin off to see the date. Usually I have to wait until I get home and get out the magnifying glass to see the dates as the old eyes don't see as well as they used to.

Jeff

 

[MrGee]

Hey, I'm with you. No sense being crazy about rubbing coins. I always figured it has been thrown into innumerable cash drawers, carried around in who knows how many pockets and then spent an unknown amount of time underground so my rubbing off the dirt isn't going to much to mar it's already tarnished history. yee hah.....Where's that steel wool?

MrGee