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Pillar of the Community
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I am kinda thinking I may clean the 39 and see what comes off... if to see if EV comes off since it is a-top red paint...? Not sure if much will happen. But worth the experiment.
The 44 blackened nickel is actually nice looking to me... it is not normal silver blackening though pretty sure paint is involved, but I kinda like it anyway!
Was more curious if it is good or bad to remove the paint in general... i.e. if you actually found a key date, error or variety on the coin, would it be better to remove paint or not?
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Bedrock of the Community
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If you can, post the after results of the Acetone soak.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Will do... ;)
How long should it let sit in acetone? I have only ever cleaned 2 coins thus far... and they were not that bad.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Sounds like a lot of effort for no imaginable gain.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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The gain is my experimental knowledge at this point... I get ya Coinfrog.
More or less just trying to see what the acetone will actually achieve on that coin.
So far (10 min), a lot has already been removed... it is down to red paint. Thinking that will never come off though :)
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Bedrock of the Community
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Eye4Error, I would let it soak for at least 4 hours (that's what I do).
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Still just trying to answer this question:
Was more curious if it is good or bad to remove the paint in general... i.e. if you actually found a key date, error or variety on the coin, would it be better to remove paint or not?
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Bedrock of the Community
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In terms of key date coins or valuable variety coins, I think you would be better off not trying to remove the paint, because it would probably involve a very harsh cleaning method (other than Acetone) to get it off. One hundred percent Acetone and Verdi-Care are the only safe things to use on your coins. Other types of cleaning would only do damage to the coin's surfaces, and would remove the patina.
Errers and Varietys.
Edited by Errers and Varietys
09/25/2018 2:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Gotcha :)... but would the key dates or varieties be devalued because they were painted? Or would they still have worth other than face value?
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Bedrock of the Community
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but would the key dates or varieties be devalued because they were painted? Or would they still have worth other than face value? They would be devalued, because of the paint, but it wouldn't be completely worthless. They would still have a little bit of value over face, just not as much. Think about junk 90% Silver, as an example (Junk 90% Silver would still be worth Silver melt value). Errers and Varietys.
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09/25/2018 2:42 pm
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Rest in Peace
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Neither one of your coins looks painted from your photos . But go ahead and soak them in acetone for at least 24 hours , can not hurt .  |
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Pillar of the Community
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That is not red paint on the first coin. Whatever environment that coin was in ( most likely the ground ) , some of the metal content of the coin has been leached out and you are left with that red pitted surface.
I have dug plenty of nickels while metal detecting that end up with that surface.
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Rest in Peace
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Only problem with removing a PARTIAL coating of anything, whether paint, nail polish, damages, corrosion, is the two-tone effect. Part of the coin received a natural toning while one was protected or in some cases effected worse. You can test, but for future reference, the waste of good acetone on a worthless coin is senseless! Now when it come to conservation of valuable examples, either learn the process or get it professionally done, don't suggest "experimenting" you WILL ruin that coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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If it is paint yes acetone will remove it. Just let it soak overnight.
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So far results... I thought more came off, but it seems that barely anything did (infact it looks quite the same), so I am going with EV on the 39. Don't think acetone is going to do much more there. Experiment complete... And also just included comparison of 44 nickel... it is definitely painted. That's all folks! AFTER CLEANING:    |
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