1904 Barber Qtr Grading Help, Splotch Question

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ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 12/06/2012 4:14 pm Earlier today I tried cleaning two coins with acetone soak + toothpick. On one coin (1877 Seated Lib Qtr) I was fairly pleased with the results. I soaked this Barber as well because of a gunky black spot on the reverse. The gunk came off but underneath the coin is discolored. I know there is controversy about any type of cleaning but being a curious newbie I had to try it myself on a couple of coins. These are the 'after' pics. I included two reverse shots because the discoloration is more prominent under certain lighting conditions (second picture). And in that second reverse pic I swear the eagle is looking at me saying "WHAT. DID. YOU. DO. TO. ME!" What do you think about this coin grade, the treatment, and the remaining discoloration? Report this Post to the Staff

acloco Pillar of the Community United States 3540 Posts	Posted 12/06/2012 4:44 pm A bath is one thing....a toothpick is an entirely new avenue. Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 12/06/2012 4:56 pm Y'know, I guess the acetone didn't do much of anything for the discolorations on this coin. I grabbed it hastily when I decided to clean the 1877 Seated Qtr. I just looked at the 'before' pics I took yesterday... no significant difference, that copper-colored stain was there before treatment and the black looks about the same throughout. As for the toothpick, I gently poked at the black stuff, didn't do much on this coin as you can see. (lighting conditions were different for yesterday's pic) Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5829 Posts	Posted 12/06/2012 5:57 pm How long did it soaked? Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 12/06/2012 6:00 pm 2-3 minutes. But in looking at the before pic again and thinking how the splotch surface felt when I probed it with the toothpick, most of the staining on this coin is not surface gunk amenable to soaking off-- it's a change in the surface layers of the metal. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinsKelly Pillar of the Community United States 3453 Posts	Posted 12/06/2012 8:03 pm I am one of the purists: STOP THIS MADNESS NOW! But I digress. You seem to be having so much fun with this and learning (plus sharing unabashedly your lessons) I think it is a good thing. Just make sure that you are not learning on something that would really suffer from a cleaning. Back to regular programming: STOP THIS MADNESS NOW! Report this Post to the Staff
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