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canuckelhead Valued Member Canada 54 Posts	Posted 10/15/2023 05:39 am Found this in a roll last week. Is there anything I can do to improve the appearance or is it to far gone. Thanks for the help. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/15/2023 07:51 am You can try 100% pure acetone, but I don't think it will help much if at all. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5636 Posts	Posted 10/15/2023 08:53 am Since it's little more than a BV coin, try dipping in a liquid silver polish or other dip agent. It looks like just very tough tarnish Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19490 Posts	Posted 10/15/2023 09:02 am I'd stay with 100% acetone--a loooooong soak. But, that's just me... Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/15/2023 5:03 pm It might dip out if you have a such a product, but it isn't worth spending any money on. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16953 Posts	Posted 10/15/2023 7:34 pm It looks like "tarnish" rather than "gunk" or "dirt" to me - so I highly doubt any soaking in acetone is going to help. It could also be fire damage, in which case not even silver dip can save it. These are the kinds of coins that dealers will routinely dip in silver dip (which is a mixture of thiourea and sulfuric acid). If they're dipping a whole bunch of coins in bulk, they don't really have anything to lose since they're not wasting a cupful of dip on a single coin; if the coin ends up looking market-acceptable to sell above BV after a dip, well and good for them - if it "looks cleaned" or the black stuff simply doesn't come off in dip, then back into the bullion bin it goes. 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
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 77932 Posts	Posted 10/20/2023 11:30 pm Would Verdi-Care help it? Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
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