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Valued Member
United States
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You may have just found me two ASE's with the same situation. I've been apprehensive to buying them till seeing your experience, Thank You.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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We've had someone here do that with painted Morgans.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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oih82w8,
The first image is the obverse (of course) but the image seen through the acetone bath was the reverse.
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Good job.  |
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Moderator
United States
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I wasn't sure if soaking in the colored acetone would change the color of the coin. There's a limit to just how much stuff a given batch of acetone will dissolve; you reach a point of saturation where continued use won't remove any more. This coin is a perfect example - once you can see color in the acetone itself, time to do a quick rinse in clean acetone and start the next soak. Given how effective the acetone was on the colors, I suspect you could have done the whole job without Verdicare or physically touching the coin with anything. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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SsuperDdave,
You my friend, are exactly right. I just got impatient and wanted to get some pictures for the after and sped things up with the Verdicare.
Your saturation comment is right on too. The best analogy I can use is when a sugar-holic puts 12 teaspoons of sugar in an iced tea and 9.5 teaspoons settle to the bottom of the cup and stay there.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Thanks Mds! Good informative show and tell.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Great results! Too bad the stickers weren't full coverage. It would have cleaned up perfect all the way to the rim.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice job. I did the same thing with a painted ASE last year. The dealer had it below melt, so I got a deal. |
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United States
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CPC24, I bought this one yesterday and paid 27 dollars. Not too shabby. I forgot to mention it was glued into a thin brass ring. It was made to be a Christmas ornament. Maybe I'll find some at yard sales for a quarter  . |
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Valued Member
United States
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I buy all the painted ASEs I can in my dealer's generic bin when he has them and take them home and do this very thing (minus the Verdicare). Works great and they look as good as new.
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United States
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The best analogy I can use is when a sugar-holic puts 12 teaspoons of sugar in an iced tea and 9.5 teaspoons settle to the bottom of the cup and stay there.
Yeah, exactly, and if your technique is less than perfect some of that saturated stuff will transfer back to the coin. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow, nice save! That ASE sure looks a lot better for your effort! If I ever see one of those in my dealer's case I know what to do and will probably save myself a dollar or two on the coin. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I personally dont have a problem if people want to make commemorative 9-11 coins and kind of like the idea, but I agree that I dont like them done like that ASE. Looks tacky to just paint over something and put a huge markup. At the very least make a bullion round from scratch, nice save on that coin |
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