Damaged Walking Liberty Halves

With acetone, try soaking it for a minute and see how it does... If no result at all, try 5 minutes at a time... Acetone does not leave spots on coins, but be gentle... Good Luck

What about the verdicare type products? They are useful on silver coins, would that be something to try?

BadThad said it was designed for all metals including silver.

I agree witht eh acetone dip. It has helped a lot of my coins.

I really wish there was a separate place to post information as to what to do and/or what not to do with coins. Those Folders, for example, could be labled as something for kids or just for fun and not to ever be used for long periods. Or something like that.
And it's getting worse lately with so many manufacturers producing those folders for State Quarters and such. Many of those manufacturers have never made anything for coins before and know nothing about them.

No need to be sorry justcarl, I appreciate the info. I was kind of thinking that it would be there permanently. I plan on keeping them in the family and it is nice to have a complete set of Walker halves to put in a Dansco. The stripes are a lasting memory of how my grandfather stored them and they look fine on the obverse (which is what people will mostly see as they look through an album). For insurance reasons what does the toning/tarnishing do to the value of the coins? Almost all of them would grade as VG with a few being F. How would the value compare to a coin of the same grade without the lines? Thanks for the help.

For insurance reasons Stop right there. The first thing that shocks most people after a burglary or other loss is that most insurance doesn't cover more than $100 in cash and equivalents, unless you pay for separate coverage (a rider), and list the items.

Problem two is, despite good intentions, evaluation advice you get from ccf is worthless for several reasons. First, none of us have seen the coins to determine the degree of damage, or for that matter, the grade. In fact, we have nothing but your word that the coins exist! Pictures prove the coins exist, but not that you have them.

If you want insurance coverage (good luck with that), the first step is to ask the agent what proof they want, and you'll probably need to pay a dealer to provide a written appraisal, signed, dated, including contact info, and maybe including the silver spot, as to what it will cost to replace them. OK, maybe that will be full value instead of the current value with stripes, but if you actually wanted stripes, they'd prolly cost a premium.

I'd hate to tell you how many times I've had someone who suffered a loss, asking me to provide an estimate they can give the insurance company. Folks, it just ain't happening. For all I know, that stack of Confederate money that burned up was fake, if it ever existed in the first place.

biggfredd, thanks for the info. As far as insurance I realize that it will need to be appraised by a dealer/appraiser. It was originally appraised when my grandfather passed away and my father received the coins and I will have it appraised again and add a rider on the insurance policy. I was just trying to ballpark a value for planning purposes. I was mainly trying to guess how hard somebody might be on judging their value due to the toning/tarnishing. Just like anything it is in the eye of the beholder I guess.

As far as the ink pages in those old folders causing damage, I have a few Mercury dimes that have the ink stain/tone on them too. Too bad about some of these coins being stored like that for all these years, but people just didn't think about it back then. It is fun going through these coins but man it is too bad about some of their conditions.