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Pillar of the Community
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@Coinfrog.sorry I posted in the wrong forum originally from my excitement!
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Pillar of the Community
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Great find! Needs to be dipped in acetone or xylene for a little bit though.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Guessing Verdi-care might bring this coin up nicely.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very cool. Suggest a leisurely acetone soak--perhaps over a couple days. Then, assess what could be attempted going forward.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice find.  I still need one of those for my album.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Bedrock of the Community
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this coin is prime candidate for verdicare.
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Rest in Peace
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Nice find . I agree that a long Acetone soak followed by an application of Verdi-Care would greatly benefit this coin . |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice find! Looks to be F-12/15.
VC will be back SOON (just a couple more weeks, we are REALLY close), it is an excellent candidate. For now a soak in distilled water for 24 hours is in order. DO NOT SCRUB OR RUB, just soak, rinse with fresh distilled water and then air dry for a few days.
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Pillar of the Community
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Was gonna send in to PCGS and get them to restore it! I know it might not even get close to the cost in value but it's one of my better finds for this years and mint mark and will add this to my "pass down to Grandkids" box!! Soaking 6 other 1914's in acetone that I'm praying a "D-Mint Mark" pops up on one of them, lol? Thanks for all the advise fellas!
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Bedrock of the Community
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NEVER start a conservation with acetone! The first thing to ALWAYS try is distilled water. For copper, I recommend xylene after that. Acetone is not very effective on copper.
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11/12/2021 2:06 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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personally I would get my hand on some VC and do it myself and put in a nice airtight holder.
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NEVER start a conservation with acetone! The first thing to ALWAYS try is distilled water. Where did that rule come from? Acetone is an organic solvvent add won't harm the copper at all, ever. You can leave it in acetone for 3 months and nothing will happen to the copper. As for distilled water? For what purpose? Is it encrusted with salt? |
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Pillar of the Community
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Acetone will absolutely discolor copper...from experience...not always, but it happens
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Bedrock of the Community
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Where did that rule come from? Acetone is an organic solvvent add won't harm the copper at all, ever. You can leave it in acetone for 3 months and nothing will happen to the copper. As for distilled water? For what purpose? Is it encrusted with salt? Hello Teddy and welcome to CC! This is my solvent polarity method of conservation. I call it the polarity ladder. The first rung of the ladder should always be distilled or deionized (my preference) water. This will solvate most salts and some polar organic matter. It's cheap and effective for copper. You can read more on LCR: http://www.lincolncentforum.com/for...Conservation |
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