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1927 China Memento Dollar - Grade?

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 Posted 08/04/2011  3:11 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Steverino to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Here is what is labeled a 1927 China Memento Dollar - It was graded XF originally but has these dark smudges on both sides. I have not handled it so I don't know where they could have come from - it looks like it has a fair amount of detail under the "smudges". Can you estimate a condition for this coin? Would this be a candidate for an acetone dip?

1927-China-Memento-Dollar---Grade?

1927-China-Memento-Dollar---Grade?
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 Posted 08/04/2011  6:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add agandau to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Soaking a coin in acetone is pretty harmless. It dissolves paint, gum, oil kind of deposits but won't affect the coin's metallurgy.
On a few of coins of mine, transferring from retro plastic pocket to 2x2 I soaked each one for 15 min in acetone, then washed that off under running water, and allowed to dry naturally.

They did not seem any different. I knew however they had been 'degreasified' ready for their new home though I don't think it was essential - just a fussy thing to do.

The darker patches on your coin are probably from handling over the years, and the fingerprints have affected the surface, but I don't think there is anything sensible you can do about that.





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 Posted 08/07/2011  11:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kopper Ken to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Acetone will probably not take off the type of staining you have, which seems to be metal interactive.

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I can only assume that, after looking at these pictures, that my example of this coin must be a fake. I will mark it's holder accordingly. Can't remember where I got mine from now, so I will just put my head in the sand and rekon that it perhaps did not cost me too much when I obtained it.
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