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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yea that stinks big time. I bought one of these with the same outcome. Did you get it from pascal. I just got that 34 DDO and it looked great in the pictures but definitely odd color in hand. I may send it back. Edited by Willburton
12/30/2021 08:52 am
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Valued Member
United States
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That is a beauty tropicalbats....acetone alters the coin? Need to know before I ruin any good ones that may come my way!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Another great close-up shot.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Never noticed under 'BERTY' the doubling below these devices before.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm in with the acetone thing. I thought it was safe! I do it for some of my coins. What are you saying?
Edited by VestigeWolf
12/30/2021 11:33 am
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Well it is a nice looking coin, nice DDO. Too bad it may get a 'details' grade. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't think acetone did this. It was a more abrasive chemical. Acetone will improve luster from what ive seen. And have submitted coins dipped in acetone.
Edited by Willburton
12/30/2021 12:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great coin and really shows the details of the DDO. Maybe it was in varnish or something that had to come off. Sure a better job could have been done though. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for all the great comments! I was away all day, actually having fun instead of working for a change. It was brought to my attention that the title has a typo, it is FS-1101, not FS-101 but it's been 24 hours so I can't change it now. I got it right with the info by the coin photos though.
Years ago I put some high-end coins in acetone and was mighty displeased with the results. That light bits of smudgy that I was hoping to remove were removed, but under them they had done some kind of minor reaction with the surface of the coin and so when it came out of the dip they still had great luster but were obviously altered when you looked at the surfaces. Micro corrosion of the patina under the smudgy stuff had eaten just enough tiny bits of metal that the end results were coins that looked dipped, as in the surface wasn't natural or correctly colored. Just a hint off, but off enough that PCGS would cuff it.
That said, it isn't impossible that they used something like MS70 or other product claiming to not harm the coin. What I am seeing is what I saw back when I did a few with acetone, but that was a long time ago and maybe this one was treated with something else. Yes, still a fabulous coin, just so sad at the same time.
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Pillar of the Community
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@Trop, after New Year day I will post the photos of some coins after test we done following folk say safe clean with oil. You will be amaze about the damages done in a very secure, clean controlled place.
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Pillar of the Community
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That would be great! I am looking forward to that!
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Quote:
It was brought to my attention that the title has a typo, it is FS-1101, not FS-101 but it's been 24 hours so I can't change it now Fixed.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Spence. Some days just doing too much too fast and make mistkes. Er, mistakes.
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Very nice! |
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