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Removing Adhesive On Coins

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 Posted 03/13/2023  4:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add samoth to your friends list
I prefer xylene to acetone, but both should work.
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 Posted 03/13/2023  4:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bdcline to your friends list
Thanks for the prompt replies and the warm welcomes!

What do you make of the black residue on the silver shekel? PVC damage?
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 Posted 03/13/2023  4:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mrwhatisit to your friends list
with all of the above, but I can add this:

That 2nd coin appears to be a Greek silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great around 330BC.
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 Posted 03/13/2023  5:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list


to the CCF!
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 Posted 03/13/2023  5:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list
Acetone can also reduce the appearance of PVC. Give the coins in question a looooooong soak--a few days minimum. You can test for effectiveness over this span of time.
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 Posted 03/13/2023  5:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list

Quote:
2nd coin appears to be a Greek silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great around 330BC.


Melkart/eagle. Shekel of Tyre, Phoenicia. Dated PΞ = Civic Year 160 (AD 34/5).
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 Posted 03/13/2023  6:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JohnConduitt to your friends list
The black might be a deposit from the ground, in which case it might not come off without causing damage.
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 Posted 03/13/2023  7:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add travelcoin to your friends list
I remove black deposits with a soak in distilled water and if necessary a bit of lemon juice. A wooden toothpick will do the rest. However, with the lemon, you will lose some toning.
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 Posted 03/13/2023  8:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list
Adhesive by itself easy enough to remove with acetone.
The problem is that adhesives often have sulfur in their formulation, and this can cause blackening on contact with the coin. This sort of thin surface corrosion cannot be removed with acetone.

If this coin has already had a long soak in acetone, all beneficial treatment that can be done, has already been done.

Nevertheless, the advice of travelcoin may help, but there are risks attached, partly dependent on the metal alloy.
These are also the risks that a museum curator would consider, when cleaning ancient coins after recovery from burial.
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 Posted 03/14/2023  09:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bdcline to your friends list
Thanks for your help, everyone! I'll try an acetone bath and report back the results.
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 Posted 03/15/2023  11:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kushanshah to your friends list
The black appears to fade into purple in spots which suggests horn silver (AgCl).
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 Posted 03/16/2023  11:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bdcline to your friends list
Thank you! You comment led me to read up on horn silver. So much to learn! I'll be curious to see what the acetone will do to that coin and perhaps that'll illuminate exactly what it is. I'll do that coin in the second batch; I'm still soaking the first batch. After 12 hours, most of the adhesive has come off with some gentle rubbing with a Q-tip, but what was embedded between letters, etc., will need a longer soak. We'll see in another 12 hours.
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 Posted 03/17/2023  11:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bdcline to your friends list
Here are the results of the first batch. It was fun to discover what lay hidden under the adhesive!
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 Posted 03/17/2023  12:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add HondoB to your friends list
Wow - they're beautiful, bdcline!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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 Posted 03/17/2023  12:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list
Ah yes, the wonders of acetone...
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