Is it common now for coin dealers, prior to appraisals, to explicetly instruct clients to...

jessewvu

not touch the coins before they show up?

Back in the late 90's my grandmother was widowed and in need of money. She set up an appraisal of my grandfathers coin collection but took the silver polish to all the silver coins prior to the appraisal.

BryceM

It was probably a common instruction back then, just forgotten (by either party), or misunderstood.

jmlanzaf

Yes.

Smudge

I would hope so.

airplanenut

It’s the first thing I say to anyone who asks me any question about coins they got, and most likely I’m not going to do more than point them to a dealer who will buy them.

oih82w8

ricko

I would hope such an instruction would be standard. Unfortunately, so many inexperienced individuals perform the 'improvement' process prior to consulting anyone with experience. Cheers, RickO

TPRC

@jessewvu said:
not touch the coins before they show up?

Back in the late 90's my grandmother was widowed and in need of money. She set up an appraisal of my grandfathers coin collection but took the silver polish to all the silver coins prior to the appraisal.

Yes.

Floridafacelifter

Someone at work today asked me about some coins she got from her Grandmother- her first question was…….. “Should I clean them?”

WAYNEAS

Yes.
No matter how many times we say, "do not clean coins", someone will.
Wayne

TwoSides2aCoin

For the last couple of years I just instruct people to wash their hands, not their coins.