Restore Date On Really Worn Bust Dime?

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Rollhunter1994 Valued Member United States 195 Posts	Posted 05/20/2009 11:29 am I have this REALLY worn out bust dime, and you can only see the tops of the numbers in the date. I was wondering if there is any way that I could restore the date on the coin, even if it damages the coin (It's probably worth less than 3 bucks anyway). Here are some pics of the coin Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

coinguybrian Rest in Peace United States 5375 Posts	Posted 05/20/2009 1:01 pm If it's a large size, go for it. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 05/20/2009 1:55 pm Silver does not restore like copper-nickel. Silver etchants usually consist of nitric acid, cyanide compounds, concentrated iodine solutions(crystalline iodine, not the stuff you buy at a pharmacy) and other dangerous and nasty chemicals. I would never recommend any of these methods to someone not skilled in the use of dangerous chemicals Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 05/21/2009 08:33 am Please don't take offense, but I don't think it's worth the time or effort to restore this date. You'd have to mess around with very strong chemicals and that potentially could be VERY dangerous. And then what do end up with? What are your plans for the restored coin? Is this just an experiment to see if you can restore the date? Report this Post to the Staff
Rollhunter1994 Valued Member United States 195 Posts	Posted 05/21/2009 11:40 am No offense taken Moe. I was just wanted to see how old the coin was. I'll take your advice and just leave the coin alone. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 05/21/2009 4:47 pm I would bet that with a little work the die variety could probably be determined. I think a careful examination of the date with comparison to some 20's or 30's dimes you should be able to determine which decade it is from and on the reverse the position of the feather over the right edge of the 1 , the 1 over the denticals, the stem over the serif of the C, and the end of the scroll under the M will probably nail down the rev die. Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 05/24/2009 8:42 pm it can be restored, but restoring silver is not only dangerous as previous posters have said. But from what I remember of experiments done on the forum, silver etchants work much more quickly than much safer nickel etchants and so more often than not the result from the attempted restoration of the silver coin is simply to erase all remaining detail of the date than restore it. -XoG Report this Post to the Staff
cownas22 Pillar of the Community United States 1055 Posts	Posted 05/24/2009 9:15 pm Just a guess but I'm going to say 1832 just with a quick look. It seems like you can almost see the whole numbers if you don't look directly at them. Report this Post to the Staff
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