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Valued Member
United States
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Great job at uncovering a 1913-D! I have heard of this method before for finding dates on dateless Buffaloes but wouldn't that be considered cleaning the coin? I mean you're altering the original surface...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, these are called 'restored' or 'acid' dates, and sell for much less than 'natural' dates. There is a market for the key 'restored' dates, but not so much for common dates. IMO it's a fun chemistry experiment, but some people do well selling restored key dates.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Yes, of course. It's far worse than just being cleaned, but before the restoration, it was just a dateless D mintmarked buffalo.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would be interested in a before/after photo. I also wonder if soaking in acetone would produce similar results... anyone know?
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Pillar of the Community
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Acetone will not restore the date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1280 Posts |
Because it has a neutral pH, right?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Because it is an organic solvent and doesn't react with metal.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Anyone try this with dateless standing "LIBERTY"? Does it work on silver?  Edited by buddy16cat
06/03/2014 7:45 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No - acid dating only works on nickels.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1536 Posts |
Too bad, I like this coin but with no date, gets tossed in with the junk silver.
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Pillar of the Community
861 Posts |
Try taking your index finger and getting the black soot from you cars exhaust pipe. Rub the soot on the date area, you might see the date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1280 Posts |
It kinda looks like there may be a trace of the last digit on that quarter, which is all you really need.
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Valued Member
United States
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I like the idea of standing up the nickel so only the date area is submerged in the vinegar.
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Valued Member
United States
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I must have lived a sheltered life as well, since I had never heard of doing this. As a test, I froze some vinegar and then removed the acid. I have a roll of no date Buffalo nickels that my mom had pulled out of change when she was a kid. I've been experimenting on them, and so far I've found a 1919-P, a 1913-P Type II and a 1925-P. |
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United States
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Very interesting! I'm going to have to try this!
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