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New Member
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Thanks everyone. Will post photos when I work out how to fo this.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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As per Stevo's advice WD40 generally works well on circulated bronze coins that have a buildup of gunk and/or verdigris.
Watch your top knot
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Be very cautious when using acetone, in my experience it removes the patina.
Also, as I saw recently, it turned a 1949S cent in MS63 RD to MS63BN over the course of a couple of weeks.
Not a disaster for that coin but if you've got scarce mint condition coins with their original salmon-pink colour, it might be.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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What I was talking about was only soaking for 10 minutes or half an hour at most and keeping an eye on your coins during the process to save the patina
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New Member
Australia
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Thanks everyone.
I'll post pics as doon as I can.
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Valued Member
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Distilled water
Reagent grade Acetone
Trisodium hydrogen carbonate
Xylene
- are all considered coin-safe but xylene is not human-friendly.
Acetone has low toxicity and won't poison you unless you have high exposure, however it's flash point flammability is something to be aware of.
I tried distilled water (coin suspended) in a ultrasonic bath and it was useless. Now I don't clean them.
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Here they are...   |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The 1919 is way too far gone.
The 46 looks OK as is.
Watch your top knot
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Valued Member
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That 1919 has been at ground zero of quite a few atomic bomb blasts, but it's still a scarce coin.
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New Member
Australia
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I do have some great coins in what I feel is "very fine" condition. I'm hoping that if I'm careful in the cleaning process, these will retain their value when I sell those that I don't need.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I would soak the 1919 in Olive Oil for a few Months.
Any chance of a Pic. of the Obverse?
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02/22/2018 5:24 pm
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New Member
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Hope this helps.  |
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New Member
Australia
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...and another.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You did a great job using these time proven techniques in conserving a coin that would have been a junker. I would continue with the Olive oil bath until all the verdigris is removed and then try a toothpick on the stubborn areas. After that leave it on the windowsill for a few weeks, turning every few days and the lightened areas should re-tone nicely.
KK
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Hope this helps. Thanks Aero,what a shame,great eg.of a 1919 DD before the green stuff started eating it away. I had a similar one that was in a Tobacco Tin I purchased off ebay a few years back,genuine seller that actually found the Tin in his Fathers garage. After a couple of Months in Olive Oil I stopped the Verdi.growing but the Coin was stuffed,heavily pitted under the Verdi.,unfortunately yours will probably be the same but you have to at least try to save it. |
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