The Dirty Little Secrets About "Cleaned" Coins: A Common Sense Handbook ...

Product Description
A common sense handbook on coin cleaning. The pros and cons of cleaning a coin. Guidelines on identifying and buying cleaned coins. The book includes step by step instruction on cleaning coins by their base metal, type and problem. Ten safe cleaning methods detailed. Types of storage systems you can use after your coin has been cleaned are covered. A good book for the average collector or someone new to coin collecting. A book to keep with your cleaning supplies for reference.

About the Author
He spent two years in the USNR and four years in the USN. He retired after thirty years with Xerox Corporation. He is a graduate of De Vry Institute of Technology, Chicago and Utility Engineering Institute, Chicago. He has a wife of forty-five years and two grown daughters. He has been collecting coins for over forty years. He is a member of the ANA and a life member of the PNS (Pensacola Numismatic Society). He has taken ANA courses in grading uncirculated and circulated coin, Minting processes and Mint errors and varieties. He collects Morgan dollars, Walkers halves, Franklin halves, Indian Head pennies, Buffalo nickels, and Proof quarters and nickels. He does coin collection appraisals on the side.