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I'm gonna throw in acetone as well just to let ya know the majority rules  Geez Bobby....now everytime you say you never have any free time I'm gonna pull the Wiskers Morgan out to prove you wrong  |
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Pillar of the Community
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No baking soda. It is abrasive and will leave rather obvious hairlines.
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Pillar of the Community
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Now you have an awesome looking coin!   |
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This is just my opinion, but I wouldn't even try to remove the marker. Your MIL put the Vs on the cheeks because it was important to her. To me, that's kind of a funny way to bring back her memory every time you look at those coins.
If the coins were extremely valuable, I'd take it off, but the 1903 is worth $40-$50 and the 1921 is likely only worth $10-$20 depending on condition.
I guess I'm different than everybody else here, but I'd definitely rather preserve the memory than clean up the coins, mix them in with coins that don't hold sentimental value, and eventually completely forget which ones even belonged to MIL in the first place.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'd agree with you mahgobbi, if she didn't put them where it looked like giant whiskers.
I'd only suggest baking soda if it was blackened silver due to oxidation. Since it's marker, acetone!
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Pillar of the Community
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Ooops ... It's baaaccckkkk!  C'mon Bobby. You're fix was only temporary.  |
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No! They are BCCFMM's... Bored Coin Community Family Member Morgans!  Edited by jbuck
02/08/2008 4:00 pm
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Valued Member
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Don't rub the coins with anything, not even a finger.
If OP decides to use Acetone, make sure you buy pure acetone, not nail polish remover (even if it claims to contain acetone).
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Where do you buy pure acetone?
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Pillar of the Community
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FordF150, It's available at any hardware store in the paint dept (also discount chains, Wally World, Blue-Light Land, etc). Comes in a qt size metal container.  |
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100% acetone is found right next to the nail polish remover in grocery stores, in either 8oz or 16 oz bottles. I used it on the Morgans, but the "V"s are still faintly there, so back into the acetone they go.
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Here's the scanned image of the now-V-less Morgan!  And my first coin photo. The cheek area looks weird to me in the photo, like I'm seeing imaginary Vs, but when I look at the coin, no V to be found.  Gah! I shouldn't be rubbing these coins with anything, not even my finger? Should I be touching them in the first place? I'm guessing I shouldn't just throw them back into the box to rattle around with the other coins FIL gave me, then. mahgobbi: MIL isn't dead, so I'll have plenty more chances to create fond memories of her. I associate braunschweiger  with my MIL, not coins, I'm afraid.  FIL told me some interesting family history behind these coins. FIL is 50 years older than me and we don't have a lot in common, so being able to talk about these coins was a nice change. *warm fuzzy feeling* |
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Bedrock of the Community
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1. I agree with nahgobbi completely. If your planning on selling those, that's different. If your keeping them, then by all means, leave them alone and you have something to remember someone by. 2. Do not use backing soda and water. Backing soda is abrasive and you would probably use tap water which could contain anything found on Earth. 3. Acetone is available at almost any store that sells paints such as Walmart, Kmart, Ace Hardware, Home Depot, etc. This is considered a comercial grade though and not ment for delicate procedures. If you do use it do this first. Place some on a very clean, clear glass dish. Allow to evaporate. If there is any residue, stuff left over, discard or just don't use on coins. It is contaminated. How? Acetone is a great absorber of many things including the inner lining of that can. In canning companies cans are coated on the inside as well as decorated on the outside. The inner coatings are exceptionally absorbant resistant. Resistant does not mean CAN NOT. It means should not and occationally does absorb some of that coating pending on how long that can sat on the shelf. 4. If you do use Acetone, do a search on this forum for Acetone usages. I'd still leave well enough alone. |
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