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Bedrock of the Community
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Dipping or MS 70 most likely to get it off. Looks like its just toning, which also means that if you put the coin back in it's just going to come back as long as you're storing them in that case. The case itself is the problem not the coin
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Pillar of the Community
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Opened easy. Sorry for the blurriness.  Edited by USSID18
02/01/2018 1:53 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Acetone will do no harm to the coin. MS70 will remove a minute portion of the surface so that would be a definite last resort....and the coin has to SOAK in the acetone for a while...not a dab kinda thing AND be rinsed off with distilled water.
The problem is the schmutz and the gentle Q-tip would be used only ON that. Can't be worse than what is already there...no Q-tip on the rest of the coin.
Done it many times...never had any issues BUT I will add the acetone doesn't work all the time.
I should add MS70 does a great job of removing haze off proofs...not sure about schmutz. Various opinions on the actual action of the cleaner...
Edited by Foxwoods Man
02/01/2018 2:16 pm
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Glad you were able to get it open. And the photos are good enough to show everyone what I said.  Just be careful with the next steps!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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My fingers are crossed for you..
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Pillar of the Community
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Well, a little bit better not much. I think that damaged/toning area is etched into the surface of the coin. I stood the coin on it's edge in a small plastic receptacle. I let the edge/just afflicted area soak in acetone for several hours. Then I gently used the soften side of a toothpick on the affected area. The good part is, I didn't make it worse and the set went back together very easily. Before:  After:  |
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Pillar of the Community
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From those two pics it looks like you (or the acetone) removed the debris and, as you said, what's left is the etched surface that was under it
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Pillar of the Community
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From those two pics it looks like you (or the acetone) removed the debris and, as you said, what's left is the etched surface that was under it Unfortunately, yes. |
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Pillar of the Community
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That's quite a remarkable difference. Well done sir.
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United States
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You are braver than I am, but it does look better. |
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Pillar of the Community
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That looks alot better. Too bad about the etching.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the feedback gents!
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United States
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Looking a lot better now ... politely suggest you stop right there and put the set back together
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Pillar of the Community
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politely suggest you stop right there and put the set back together Done! |
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No, well done.  |
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