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Bedrock of the Community
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Ms70 is pretty weak despite what anyone says about the chemical makeup. I personally wouldn't worry about it destroying any silver, clad or gold coin. I'm sure it could maybe destroy a coin but you'd probably have to try too from what I've seen with it. The problem with it is that it's just usually not strong enough for a lot of things. Stains, haze, dirt, surface contamination it's good with, toning and things like that usually not but it would be work a try and see if it helps on certain things.
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02/04/2018 01:47 am
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I have another question if you don't mind. When transferring the coins from old to new holders what type of gloves are safe to handle them with? I have blue nitrile but I have read that cotton is preferred by some. Are nitrile gloves fine? Also is removing one staple and letting the coin slide into your gloved hand by the force of gravity OK, or should I be removing all the staples and just touching the coin on its edges? Thanks.
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I do not normally use gloves because they reduce sensitivity and I am clumsy.  Handle the coins by their edge and you should be fine. Remove them from their holders over a clean towel in case you drop any. |
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United States
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I would not remove the staples from the flips because of the potential of damage. I always have used a small, sharp blade to simply slice around the porthole, keeping the blade between the coin edge and the cardboard flip. Of course use care to avoid touching the blade against the coin.
Suggest you treat the silver coins to a bath of 100% pure acetone (glass or porcelain reservoir, please) and let them air dry before putting them into new flips. That would help ensure against any contaminants being transferred during the move.
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United States
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Thanks for the tips. The few that I have actually handled were rinsed off with acetone before I put them in the new holders. Could acetone harm the pennies and nickels? I have some proof coins and I'm a little apprehensive about putting anything on them. The couple of silver coins I put it on seemed to have no problem with it.
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I always have used a small, sharp blade to simply slice around the porthole, keeping the blade between the coin edge and the cardboard flip. A decent idea. It is one of the reasons why I up-size my holders (dime in cent holders, cent in nickels... you get the idea). Quote:
Could acetone harm the pennies and nickels? Nope. Acetone only affects organic material. It will not harm metal. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Hey Gramps, was wondering if there was an update on how you were doing and how things are coming along.
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United States
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I actually haven't done anything coin wise as I have some other things going on that have taken priority. I don't want to jump into anything without giving it the proper deliberation so the coins are on the back burner for the time being. I did buy all new holders and albums to transfer all the coins to. Having them in the boxes they were in caused most of of the issues as they were rubbing against each other compromising the plastic.
The first thing I will do will be to transfer all the coins that weren't damaged to new holders. After that I'm going to try and absorb as much information through research as possible and decide if I want to try to address the coins with the least offensive markings. A lot of them just have marks on and around the rim and I feel confident in addressing those myself. Some are just too far gone for me to attempt to do anything with. Some have large black areas in the center of the coins, those I will just have to live with as they are. There are proof coins that I also won't be able to do anything with as I see no way of not damaging them.
I tend to only take on one project at a time so I can give it my full attention, but the coins are definitely on my list. Thanks for the interest.
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Thank you for the update. Seems like you have a good plan and the right attitude.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I would try MS-70. It is more of an industrial soap. As a dealer, I use it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a proof gold dollar Manitoba Gold 1898 that was minted in 1962 and saw the acetone clean up and wonder how it would affect gold? I think I have someone touch it with their paws
I never heard of MS-70 cleaner, care share where to find
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Valued Member
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I haven't heard of MS70, but I recommend a pure acetone bath. When purchasing a bottle of "pure acetone", make sure the ingredients are actually pure acetone.
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Canada
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You can get acetone at Wal-mart, but like above, make sure it is pure. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Couldn't tell you why but I thought of you yesterday. I was doing some painting and my mind tends to wander. Was wondering how things were going and if you've finished cleaning and transferring everything into new 2 by 2s. Took me a bit to find this thread. Now that I think it through though, unless you have alerts turned on, this message is probably heading into the digital ether.
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