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Rest in Peace
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That could happen. As far as a cleaned coin I'm not sure if a TPG would detail this. Interesting question.
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Moderator
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It's verdigris, and all acetone will likely do is somewhat dessicate it. Progress will be slowed, some will be removed, but for this one I'm spending my cash on Verdicare instead of acetone. Use the product built for the job.
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I'm not sure that's verdigris,looks sticky like gum or grease. John1 
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Rest in Peace
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Well, why not do an acetone bath then Verdicare. More money for BadThad  
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Bedrock of the Community
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Battery Acid will work but will also completely ruin the coin. Just try the Acetone. Nothing to loose. Might be something else on that coin so again, just try.
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Valued Member
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There is something sticky there as well (or instead). Let me look at the Verdicare, since I have a few coins that have this (though nothing too expensive).
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Valued Member
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143 Posts |
Yep, I'll start with the acetone, and if I get really frustrated, will consider the battery acid ;-)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3755 Posts |
I have both acetone and verdis care at my desk ready to go at a moments notice. Soak it in acetone, then treat with the verdis care.
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Valued Member
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Okay thanks everyone. One last question. The only reason I was worried about the coin looking cleaned, if the toning is different, was whether the coin isn't treated as "cleaned" if you have someone professional restore it. Again, this coin isn't worth the trouble, as it's not that expensive. But generally speaking do you avoid the 'this coin is cleaned!" problem if a professional "restores" it, or is it the same problem if the remaining toning makes clear that something was there and now it's gone?
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Bedrock of the Community
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There is definitely some verdigris on the coin but there also seems like there's some residue. It might be a mixture of verdigris covered with residue. Always follow the polarity ladder although I would probably jump right to xylene based on the gummy-looking residue: http://www.lincolncentforum.com/for...Conservation
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A professional will refuse to conserve a coin for the same reasons we would use to argue against it - the resulting coin will look obviously cleaned. Out here in the forum, where the business isn't on the line, we can look farther out for solutions and candidates for conservation in the interest of preserving whatever the best is that's left in a coin. The arguments for/against are no different.
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Valued Member
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That's an interesting point, Dave. And as someone else noted, if the coin is already being slowly destroyed, better to preserve it now -- it's not going to be any better in 20 years if I plan on hanging on to it.
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Verdigris isn't always dry, and PVC plasticizer reactions tend to be milky rather than green on copper. So by all means get it into acetone to start - every coin, always, in my opinion - but expect it to warrant more specific attention to arrest the verdigris. If it's just PVC, by the time it looks like this there's metal missing underneath and although it's anecdotal I've yet to see a copper coin that badly eaten by it. The stuff likes the taste of silver better.
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Valued Member
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One of the things I'm trying to figure out is what to do with my collection that I've socked away in my safety deposit box since 1979. I've been going through it this week, for the first time since then. I certainly never dipped the coins back then in acetone or anything else. Is that the kind of thing I should do now? I'm loathe to touch them at all, lest I mess them up.
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At this distance in time, I think any chemical problems you might have had with your storage methods would have shown itself. You should be fine.
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