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Bedrock of the Community
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I know that Kraft envelopes can be used to retone silver after it has been cleaned and I would think that it would work on copper as well.
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Pillar of the Community
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I guess I'm not sure what a Kraft envelope is :(
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Bedrock of the Community
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a taco bell napkin (the brown ones) will tone a silver coin also, but not sure what it will do to a Lincoln Cent |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just set them on a window sill and crack the window. Air and light will start them browning, occassionally pick them up, rub between your fingers (oil/contaminants) and flip. It might take many months, but they will start to turn.
Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Bedrock of the Community
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KRAFT PULP Pulp created by cooking the wood chips in a liquor made up chiefly of sodium sulphate. The resultant pulp may be bleached or unbleached and is noted for its strength of fiber. http://www.envelopesexpress.com/products/view/E374(not an endorsement of retailer, just an example) BTW, this is considered to be a completely natural process by most collectors since no chemicals are applied and the coin is not manipulated in any manner- you just put them in the envelope and check periodically until the desired color is reached(much in the same manner as using an old Wayte Raymond album). Many old time collections have been stored in Kraft coin envelopes back in the days before airtites and 2x2s. Edited by biokemist6
04/22/2008 11:02 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just set them on a window sill and crack the window. Air and light will start them browning, occassionally pick them up, rub between your fingers (oil/contaminants) and flip. It might take many months, but they will start to turn.
As BadThad said just put them on a window sill. Browning of Copper is purely an Oxygenation process and takes a little time pending that amount of humidity, Oxygen, temperature in your area. It may take a little time but again pending the invironment in your area. DO NOT try other artificial methods since those may tend to discolor a coin in other directions. Also, other methods may tend to change only partially.
In reality you would be better off purchasing a $50 bag of cents from a bank and probably finding most of what you want.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah I thought about the window sill thing too. I think I will try it just for fun. I have gone through many boxes of pennies, but until now I didnt really think about keeping nice MS brown coins....thats if I can find them! Thanks for all the input fellas!
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Bedrock of the Community
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As to the window sill method. Note if you use a kitchen window sill and there is a lot of cooking in your family, those coins may tend to brown faster due to the fumes from the cooking. Also, this depends on what is cooked, the window left open, temperatures, humidity all in your area.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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You definatley shouldnt make them brown!
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Pillar of the Community
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LOL Badthad. Funny you mention him. I bought some coins about 8 months ago from him, and yeah returned them and refunded instantly. Definitely darkened them or something....soooo many people bid and buy those coins though.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yea, that guy KILLS me....all that positive feedback too! I find it hard to believe all those people can't tell he's painted them, they ALL look the same from MS to AG....exact same artificial color. It just makes me ill!
Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Bedrock of the Community
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Remember positive feed back on ebay or anyplace can be accumulated by freinds, neighbors and relatives. |
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justcarl your right about that but after 2200 your beyond that. Besides who would want to pay all of those ebay fees just to get your numbers that high. Happens most for newbies who pad their feedback for a short period of time to earn some trust, or for people who need to bury some neg's. So does anybody have an idea on how he's doing that? |
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Edited by chrsb
04/25/2008 1:30 pm
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Posted 04/21/2008 11:14 pm
