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Getting The Green Junk Off Your Coins

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 Posted 02/10/2016  10:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
The biggest problem with altering a coin is whether it is noticed by the graders. If so, then it can lower or prevent a coin from being graded. If your not sending it in to be graded, then it shouldn't be a problem. Acid products can remove part of the surface of the coin turning it pink. Lowers the grading a lot and to some collectors it makes it undesirable. What happens to the coin after storage for a long time. Does it come back? Turn a strange color? Make it worse? What we do to the coin may alter the collectability of the coin in the future.
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 Posted 02/10/2016  10:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add seal006 to your friends list
Yes, these are for my collection, and I hate slabbed coins. I like to feel like I can look at and admire my coins. Not feel like it is prison visitation.
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 Posted 02/10/2016  11:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mahgobbi to your friends list
I am very interested in hearing from others who have been using Verdi-Care for an extended period of time. I use the product on nasty cull IHCs which have great details under all of the verdigris. It does wonders for them...restores them to beautiful looking coins. However, I haven't used the product on anything that I put into my albums, because I'm concerned about the long term effects.
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 Posted 02/10/2016  12:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cascade to your friends list
Well of coarse BadThad is the one guy who can tell you. I'm sure he still owns coins he verdicare'd when he was inventing it well before it was mass produced for consumers meaning he has the oldest coins in the world that have been conserved with it.

Seal, how many times have you visited someone in prison
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 Posted 02/10/2016  12:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add seal006 to your friends list

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Seal, how many times have you visited someone in prison


Funny you should ask. I am a retired state correctional officer. I used to spend 57 hours a week with convicted felons.
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 Posted 02/10/2016  12:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mahgobbi to your friends list

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I'm sure he still owns coins he VerdiCare'd when he was inventing it


I had no clue he was the inventor of it. That's awesome! Hopefully he will see this thread and post some of his older examples.
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 Posted 02/10/2016  2:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Maineman750 to your friends list
Not sure of long term effects but with BadThad being a chemist, I doubt there is any. And I can tell you I have have coins slabbed after treating them with Verdi-Care, then rinsing with acetone....no problem.
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 Posted 02/11/2016  10:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadThad to your friends list
VC was designed for long-term storage use! If you didn't know, I created this product for MYSELF with two main objectives: verdigris removal and long-term storage. I have quite a few coins that were treated with VC during the invention phase and today they look exactly the same as they did after treatment (as expected considering the chemistry).

Perhaps tonight I'll dig out my first long-term test coin, an IHC stored in an AirTite, and post some pictures of how it looks years later. I checked it some months ago and it still looked great.
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02/11/2016 10:11 am
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 Posted 02/11/2016  10:20 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add seal006 to your friends list
Thad is THE MAN. I have been a customer for years.
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 Posted 02/11/2016  10:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cascade to your friends list
And who else thinks Thad should apply for a spot on Shark Tank lol

I still need to get a bottle for the occasional verdigris spot on a morgan and just to have it on hand
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 Posted 02/11/2016  10:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add T-BOP to your friends list

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And I can tell you I have have coins slabbed after treating them with Verdi-Care, then rinsing with acetone....no problem.

I could be wrong , but I think it's the other way around.
Acetone first then Verdi-care .
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 Posted 02/11/2016  10:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sudz to your friends list
For me, like a usb microscope, scale or 2X2's, Verdi-Care is an essential part of my process of collecting coins.
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 Posted 02/11/2016  11:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add seal006 to your friends list

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I could be wrong , but I think it's the other way around.
Acetone first then Verdi-Care .


Many do acetone, verdi-care, acetone Gunk goes bye bye.
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 Posted 02/11/2016  11:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cascade to your friends list
Thad says that verdicare leaves a very thin film as a protective layer so I don't think he would recommend doing anything to a coin after. And the tpgs don't notice it in terms of a details grade. I could be wrong but I'm sure he will correct me if I am
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 Posted 02/11/2016  4:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add T-BOP to your friends list

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Thad says that verdicare leaves a very thin film as a protective layer

Yes , this is why I say acetone first then Verdi-Care, or else the acetone will dissolve that protectant film .
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