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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is almost a really nice coin. It has Choice AU details, but that blob in the middle of the obverse is a problem. The professional coin restorers might be able to remove that, but not without a shiny spot where it once was. For now I'll say AU sharpness, environmental damage.
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New Member
United States
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removing the gunk is a self-help piece-of-cake
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3210 Posts |
Did you try acetone? Try a combination of acetone, and if needed a very light dip in ez est.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1448 Posts |
I had a coin with glue glunk which I restored. I used a combination of hot water and pure acetone. Everything came off nicely.
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New Member
United States
34 Posts |
acetone is dangerous for many reasons... try lighter fluid; put a drop or two at the base and work it; same with the smaller piece. Q-tip it...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36905 Posts |
If you dip this you lose the original tone. I would not not use a Q-tip as it will leave hairlines. Let the pro's restore it.
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New Member
United States
34 Posts |
"If you dip this you lose the original tone. I would not not use a Q-tip as it will leave hairlines. Let the pro's restore it."
NOT q-tip it off, q-tip to apply
Honestly, as an old EACer and C4 guy: I've used thousands of q-tips on everything including old Proof Type, and "hairlines" have never been a problem.
Slabs are full of "You can really tell this coin's been conserved" examples
Edited by kidrootbeer
07/16/2017 8:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Right now it's AU details, environmental damage. I wouldn't recommend trying any cleaning attempt yourself.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree AU details. Let the pros do it, but there are three areas where you may end up with light spots.
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New Member
United States
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I don't think you'll see "white/bright" spots under the gunk. That means the gunk would have to be inert (or Unreactive), and I doubt that that's the case-it would have had to have been there since very early on in its circulating history
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
AU-53, quite possibly Details.
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Valued Member
 Sweden
135 Posts |
I'm definitely not touching this one myself. If I tried to remove the spot, it would come back as a details grade. If they do it, it will probably come back with a grade. I have very little into this coin so paying the restoration fees isn't a big deal, IMHO.
I'll post their work when it's done with sometime next winter.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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au53
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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