1882-O Morgan, With Glue Residue - Coin Community Forum

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epikur Pillar of the Community Sweden 729 Posts	Posted 03/15/2012 3:37 pm Picked this up at a bankrupcy sale here in Sweden. Coin was attached to a INS graded certificate. On the backside of the certificate, there was a picture of the coin in the INS slab. And, sad, but true, with attacked, I mean ATTACHED. It had velcro glued to the back of the coin, hance the glue residue. Got rid of the velcro, but wondering what to do with the residue. Acetone? Will it remove the toning of the coin as well? Anyways, whay do you grade it as? [URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/651/dscf8524opt.jpg/][/URL] [URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/96/dscf8532opt.jpg/][/URL] Edited by epikur 03/15/2012 3:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff

epikur Pillar of the Community Sweden 729 Posts	Posted 03/15/2012 4:00 pm sorry all, pictures got huge, so I resized...sorry Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 03/15/2012 4:05 pm to CCF! The surfaces of the obverse look unnatural (could be the pic) polished perhaps? Report this Post to the Staff
epikur Pillar of the Community Sweden 729 Posts	Posted 03/15/2012 4:29 pm might just be the picture. Took several pics of it and not one looked like the other...bad camera and lighting I suppose Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 03/15/2012 4:41 pm Try to remove the glue with distilled water first. If that does not work, then acetone should get rid of it but acetone will not touch the toning. Make sure you rinse with fresh acetone after removal of the glue. I agree with amida that the obverse appears to have been wiped/lightly polished, there is a "halo" around the stars and I can see hairlines behind the head next to UNUM. Report this Post to the Staff
bpoc1 Rest in Peace United States 4078 Posts	Posted 03/15/2012 4:45 pm Acetone will remove the glue, not sure of the toning,( in my limited experience.) Nice pick up. Report this Post to the Staff
epikur Pillar of the Community Sweden 729 Posts	Posted 03/15/2012 4:51 pm bio, you might be right. the halos around the stars though seems to be the toning. The color of the pic is way misrepresented. Artificial lighting sigh Let's just hope acetone works for the glue, I bet it's over 20 yrs old. What's more hard core than acetone? Hexane? I work as a chemist so I have access to all kinds of scary solvents How about the grading? MS 62-63? Edited by epikur 03/15/2012 4:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
TonedMo87 Valued Member United States 132 Posts	Posted 03/15/2012 5:45 pm Welcome! Sorry to hear about the coin glue, everyones right here in suggesting acetone. If its just glue you're worried about, any kind of alcoholic solvent could work as well... rubbing alcohol..etc. As far as anything more hardcore then acetone, I wouldnt go that route because it could greatly degrade the surface of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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