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It is little known among amateur coin collectors, but valued coins should be manipulated with great care. Coin Care has to do with the grade that the coin will get and this depends on the state of the coin. The grade of the coin is used to determine market value which is why higher graded coins are worth more

Collector coins are rarely handled directly. Living human skin contains chemicals that are invariably transferred to the surface of the coin. Gold coins excepted, nearly all other collectible coins are made of metal. The organic smudges of the skin that are left behind on the metal will with time cause deteriorations.

When a expensive coin has not once been put into circulation, it is named a "proof" coin. Avoid touching a coin directly, except from the edge. Create the right habits in handling your collector coins. It becomes habitual not to handle valuable collector coins, this has to do with the maintaining of value.

When you want to examine a very rare coin from up close, for example, wear a surgical mask in front of mouth and nose and wear plastic gloves. While we exhale we expel microscopic drops of chemicals contained in saliva, which after a while, become stains and disgratious spots on the coin.

Avoid dragging your prized coins over any type of surface. That will invariably damage the pristine state of higher grade circulated and uncirculated coins. Professional valuable coin dealers will never advise you to clean a coin. Cleaning a coin the wrong way will easily reduce its grade by half. In case you really wish a coin being smudgeless, consult a professional.

Some coins can be cleaned with olive oil or by soaking it in soapy water for a couple of hours. One rests the coin in the liquid for awhile and always it has to be carefully rinsed and then blown dry. Very high grade coins are compared to works of art, so cleaning a coin is not the term used, rather, one restores it.

The older they become, some coins will gradually become shaded. When this happens, it is said a coin has gone through "toning". Once more, there is a chemical reaction that is involved. The air often carries active particles and these bind with the surface atoms of the metal the coin is made of. This process is not reversible. Often, a naturally toned coin will become more expensive.

Six rules for taking care of coin collection value:

1) Avoid manipulating expensive coins directly, wear plastic gloves.
2) When manipulating expensive coins, do so by manipulating the outer edge.
3) As a rule, put expensive collector coins in a protective holder.
4) Avoid breathing on your expensive coins.
5) Use a velvet pad to show any coins.
6) Refrain from cleaning your expensive coins.

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