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Bedrock of the Community
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I've done some really extensive testing on some already messed up coins for what your asking. However, I always forget to photo the before since I never think the end results could be substantially different. Then when it is, to late. There were some coins that I used so many different things on them I am amazed they still exist.
If you did a search on the search tab for coin cleaning, cleaning coins, Acetone, Tamato juice, etc. you may well find a real lot of interesting stories.
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Valued Member
United States
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Sorry, I think my post might be getting misinterpreted. I am actually interested in this project, but as I was mentioning I'm a little confused on the specifics. I could honestly care less about what people do to this coins and none of my post was related to any of the altering of coins debates. But I am still confused on what the goal is and what the specifics are when you say dipping coins, but not in acetone. Is the goal stopping corrosion? Removing corrosion? Toning? ? I dunno, I'm just new and confused.
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04/07/2011 10:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The penny is a great example. I agree with the no dip policy on some coins, but others need it!
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Canada
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I sort of like the dirty look :P
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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well I didn't want to de-face Mr. Lincoln  ... I actually saved a many coins by taking this "cleaner" from a family member before she used it on an assortment of Seated Liberty halves, and I felt froggy on trying it out for the first time. Just to be clear, no valuable coins were hurt in the production of that photograph  |
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 United States
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My goal was nothing more than second hand observation of the results with the before pictures as a baseline. I've seen thousands of dipped coins, only a handful accompanied by before pictures. I have no interest in "dipping" a coin myself, but I thought this thread may help me understand better why it's done and assist in identifying them for use in buying due diligence.
As for the acetone comment, I think the definition of "dipped" comes into play. According to the definition here and comments by members, an acetone wash does not seem to be "dipping." That's why I mentioned it separately.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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There's probably already a 1000 posts here and on the internet covering this. Google is your friend. :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know how to search, I didn't find much of anything here quickly which included the before and after pictures I am interested in and I specifically stated I was interested Forum member responses, not anonymous internet content.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I posted these before here somewhere. The first one is a pile of pennies from someone that works in a bar and picks these up each night. He usually gives me the pennies and keeps the larger coins. The first is as they were The second photo is from a very intensive cleaning with all types of soaps and water in a large bucket, outside of course. Any addidional cleaning would not be worth the money to do that.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is something I did a few years ago: Before (Obviously!):   After: (10 second dip in my wife's Connoisseur's Silver Jewelry Cleaner, then rinse with distilled water & pat dry)   Edited by Moe145
04/09/2011 09:10 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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wow Moe, that's a world of difference... I think after seeing some that have been dipped is actually beneficial to the community... We as a community owe it to ourselves, especially the newer collectors to educate not just what this can do, but how to see the difference in coins that have been dipped... I will shut up now, as I don't want to instigate comments away from the topic at hand...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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And a pic of the same Lincoln 6 days later... I am definately understanding how to spot these more through this little experiment...  |
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Valued Member
United States
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that is some serious difference! how would you tell that the 3 cent has been cleaned or not, if you didn't know that it had been?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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usually a slight difference in color and/ or luster from what I've seen...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was suprised to see the difference a ten second dip could make on your Three Cent piece. To each his own but I prefer the undipped piece with its old skin and color. But even I would dip a coin that has toned very dark or has enviromental damage that needs to be removed to enjoy. One thing I have tried is lemon juice on brass to remove verdigris and it works. |
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Posted 04/07/2011 10:08 pm
