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A friend of mine and fellow collector had his father pass away recently, been helping them handle the estate and the large volume of coins in it. They decided to keep all the gold but wanted it all slabbed up for safe keeping but before I sent it all off to CAC I decided to see what I cold do to help them out as a lot of them had either PVC residue, surface gunk or a film from who knows what on them, needless to say I think it turned out REALLY well on some of them. This one in particular was the most drastic by far but they all improved by a TON across the board. Some of them were kinda beyond help, one of the Saint Gaudens $20s had developed black chickenpox all over the reverse and I really can't do anything about that, but PVC, hazing and assorted gunk? That I can. Used a combo of distilled water, 100% acetone, verdicare and a solution of 66% ez-est and 33% water (I don't like using the uncut stuff on gold, leaves that weird overdipped look to me)  Edited by GrapeCollects
09/01/2025 1:12 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Cool! An interesting outcome!
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Pillar of the Community
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With out a doubt more pleasing to the eye.
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Pillar of the Community
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I always enjoy seeing before/after conservation pics, very nice.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks much improved from here. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.artToo many hobbies .... too much work .... not enough time. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Impressive results! And welcome back, by the way!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very impressive! And welcome back! Good to see you back on CCF.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Incredible improvement young man  ....... What would you estimate is the number of coins in this "large volume" ? |
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks great Grape! Nice job on the conserving and improving.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS) Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Very nice! |
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Sorry for the late replies! Been busy lately, got this one back from CAC and wasn't shocked to see it now landing in a MS-61 holder, though the 120v I ate at work today was shocking!  Quote:
What would you estimate is the number of coins in this "large volume" ? Counting ALL of them including the ASEs? Thousands. Just the coins of numismatic interest? Dozens. |
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Very nice! |
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Great job with the conservation and grade. It really does look nicer. Seeing as how you had a shocking lunch at work, should we call you "Sparky" now?  (Plugging in the microwave?) Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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