What Is The Best Lacquer For Silver Coins?

try polyurethane, 2-4 coats. Start by polishing as you said, make sure surface is clean, turpentine or the like. Apply a thin coat first, I Imagine you've holed the piece so use sewing thread to suspend to coat. Once 1st coat is dry. use 000 grade steel wool and buff off lightly. Apply as many coats this way as necessary to get the effect you want, it will take multiple coats this way but the end result will be a lot clearer than just applying one coat on top of another. I do this when refinishing furniture, some have metal parts that seem to work fine this way. Get a good quality polyurethane, some say for use on metal. Goo luck!

Use clear nail polish which you can buy at any nail salon. It will come right off with acetone.

Thanks for your thoughts everyone. I'll probably go with the nail polish as a quick and simple solution, though the four coats of laquer might give it a better sense of the relief. Maybe I'll try the nail polish and if I hate it I can always strip it off with acetone and try the spray on stuff.