SLQ Date Restoration Attempts Begin Tonight

I am not thinking that you could still by the same product, but might be able to find the chemical composition it was made of.

With google and all the material available on the internet these days , it might be worth trying to find.

Just a thought !

Fatboy you have coin worlds from the sixty's ? That's just crazy !
You must have unlimited storage space !

Fatboy , how are coming along with those old Coin World adds ?

Fatboy - Please be sure to read EVERY ad in EVERY edition you have, just to make sure you couldn't possibly miss it if it's there!

Okay...here's the latest. I picked out 4 quarters that I have NOT previously photographed or shown here. I applied a 5% concentration of nitic acid to each, waited for it to begin to bubble, washed it off, examined it thoroughly and repeated the process over and over until I did see something...and in each and every case I did eventually see something. I swear to you that my efforts produced a 1919, a 1920, a (probably) 1919-D and the following:





All 3 of these photos are identical with the exception of the size. Do you see what I see? The "2" in the date is pretty plain. I think you might also see the back side of the 9 in 19. It's also possible that's a 3 to the right of the 2.

Here's the thing: I applied the acid pretty unevenly on this date. I had more of it concentrated in the middle of the date than on the ends. I'm pretty sure I can bring that last digit back pretty strongly but I wanted to show you what I had, right now, because this is the STRONGEST date (or digit) that I have achieved so far. (And please notice that this is a pretty well worn coin!) When I restore that last digit I run the risk of obliterating or weakening that 2.

I'm not even going to bother showing you the other coins because, trust me, you will NOT be able to see the dates in my photos...that's how weak they are...or at least that's how weak they are right now.

That's the crazy part about doing this...you never know if the date will get stronger or weaker with repeated applications/ I've had it go both ways. Maybe the 1919-P I restored (and there is NO DOUBT in my mind that's what it is) will get stronger if I give it a couple more applications...or maybe I'll lose it altogether. I am so tempted just to waste some $ and send it into ANACS right now and have them authenticate it just that I can conclusively say "it can be done!"

More later!

Wheatguy: What makes you say that? I can almost guarantee you that last digit is going to be a 3.

weerdsteev,

Sorry I should of been more clear. I am suggesting you put some nitric acid into a shallow dish, the 5% is fine. Like a ketchup plastic cup from McDonald's will work fine. Fill it up about a quarter inch of nitric acid, and sprinkle a little table salt in it, you don't need much just a dash or two so it dissolves in the acid, there should be no table salt crystals visible. When you have this cup concoction ready hold the quarter between your fingers and dip the date part in the acid for a few seconds (or however long you leave it on). If you start to see white crystals falling out of solution (AgCl) my theroy is working. That being said they would be VERY SMALL because of the extremely small quantities of silver we are dealing with.

It is just an idea to try and accelerate the process and make it react more evenly.

AND....I just hit 250 posts! :)

Went thru several more old Coin World's today no luck yet