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Sheencrofter Valued Member Ireland 201 Posts	Posted 11/20/2012 2:50 pm I have this coin which appears to have a horrible gold coloured laquer over it. I wonder if anyone can identify it and say if the laquer is part of its makeup. Report this Post to the Staff

fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 11/20/2012 3:05 pm KM74 Italy 10 centisime. Lac has no biz on it. Edited by fioti 11/20/2012 3:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sheencrofter Valued Member Ireland 201 Posts	Posted 11/20/2012 3:55 pm Thanks. I thought not. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16947 Posts	Posted 11/20/2012 5:44 pm Before the invention of 2x2s, people did all sorts of things to try to preserve their coins. Lacquer is one such method. Though this particular coin seems rather worn and beat-up to me; one wonders why anyone thought it required such treatment. Solvents ought to remove the lacquer without harming the underlying coin, if that is your wish. Which solvent would work best would depend on what the "lacquer" actually is. If it's genuine pre-WWII lacquer (shellac, extracted from trees infected with lac bugs) then alcohol (methanol or ethanol) should dissolve it. If it's a modern acrylic-based substance, xylene or acetone ought to work. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16687 Posts	Posted 11/20/2012 5:52 pm Take it from me. If you use xylene, do so outdoors. I had to learn the hard way. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
pls Rest in Peace United States 1729 Posts	Posted 11/20/2012 8:05 pm A-a-and the good news is that it's very common, so if you should not be able to remove the lacquer, or if you destroy it, you should be able to replace it easily. Report this Post to the Staff
Sheencrofter Valued Member Ireland 201 Posts	Posted 11/22/2012 11:13 am Luckily it's not one of my best coins :) So I shall give it a go when I have 5 minutes. Thanks all for the information. Report this Post to the Staff
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