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Posted 05/22/2013 11:52 pm
Wow, great coin for an unbelievable price! What a pick up!
I agree with SsuperDdave that although the Goof Off did an amazing job that now there's a pretty good chance it will land it in a details slab which in turn will greatly reduce the value. Therefore I'm not sure if it would justify the grading and attribution cost... Even though the initial cost was great. Maybe it would, I guess it depends what it grades at and if it gets a details designation..
One thing we constantly say here is "never clean coins", as it dramatically reduces value.. For verdigris (the green that was on your coin) there is a special cleaner used that doesn't harm the coin. Actually one of our members (BadThad) invented and sells VerdiCare, a generally market acceptable cleaner for this... If you look him up on this site you can order it through him. I wouldn't ever recomend using Goof-Off, especially on high value coins, because even if the verdigris dissapears all the value the coin holds might as well.
I agree with SsuperDdave that although the Goof Off did an amazing job that now there's a pretty good chance it will land it in a details slab which in turn will greatly reduce the value. Therefore I'm not sure if it would justify the grading and attribution cost... Even though the initial cost was great. Maybe it would, I guess it depends what it grades at and if it gets a details designation..
One thing we constantly say here is "never clean coins", as it dramatically reduces value.. For verdigris (the green that was on your coin) there is a special cleaner used that doesn't harm the coin. Actually one of our members (BadThad) invented and sells VerdiCare, a generally market acceptable cleaner for this... If you look him up on this site you can order it through him. I wouldn't ever recomend using Goof-Off, especially on high value coins, because even if the verdigris dissapears all the value the coin holds might as well.
