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Posted 01/23/2013 10:51 pm
I tried soaking the 2005 poppy in olive oil for two days which had no effect and I tried using a utlity knife to pry off the plastic but it just made a mess of the plastic.
As a despartion move I decided to soak it in acetone. After one day the acetone attacked the plastic which had turned amber and I could scrap off some with my finger nails. The clear plastic on the obverse side was not affected.
After another day of soaking in acetone the plastic started to lift from the coin unfortunately about 10 percent of the painted poppy lifted with the plastic. I am adding it to my collection anyway.
Unless I can find some liquid nitrogen I'm leaving my other coins in the packaging.
Thanks to all for the tips on organizing. I think I will pick up some of the 4 section pages to store my petro canada coins in binders.
As a despartion move I decided to soak it in acetone. After one day the acetone attacked the plastic which had turned amber and I could scrap off some with my finger nails. The clear plastic on the obverse side was not affected.
After another day of soaking in acetone the plastic started to lift from the coin unfortunately about 10 percent of the painted poppy lifted with the plastic. I am adding it to my collection anyway.
Unless I can find some liquid nitrogen I'm leaving my other coins in the packaging.
Thanks to all for the tips on organizing. I think I will pick up some of the 4 section pages to store my petro canada coins in binders.
