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Valued Member
United States
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Just picked up five cheap Morgan dollars from a middleman that were acid tested by some buyer unfortunately. Luckily they are all 1921's, not rare dates, but I'd like to see if there is some way to help them. My thought is that if the acid just etches the top surface a bit, maybe I can just carry them around in my pocket a while and that surface will slowly go away and expose an original silver surface again. I mean, they are already lightly circulated, so maybe I can just circulate them a bit more and make the acid spot go away....mostly. Thoughts? [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23924600@N07/8608994791/]  [/url] [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23924600@N07/8608994791/]1921morgans001_edited[/url] by [URL="http://www.flickr.com/people/23924600@N07/]jhf1621[/url], on Flickr Edited by jimineez
04/01/2013 09:24 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've had spots on Silver coins like that in the past. Never did have any luck getting rid of them. I've tried carrying them, soaking in Distilled water, placing in Acetone and many other things. Nothing seamed to work well.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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How about acid test the rest? All one colour, even if not the right one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The silver will tone in direct sunlight, however it's a crap shoot as every coin tones differently.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes carrying it well eventually start to make it disappear, but the bust will protect the field near it and the stars and rim will protect the field around them. So the stain in the field between the bust and the stars will eventually wear away, but to get rid of most of the stain you will probably have to wear it down to Good. And, being a 21, it's value won't be any greater than it is now with the stain.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How about acid test the rest? All one colour, even if not the right one.
Actually, that could be done but matching the old spot would be difficult. This would probably be better off left alone. BenByfield, Not sure if your comment was tongue in cheek. It was clever. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would leave it alone. I tried to remove acid marks from coins before but no luck.
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Pillar of the Community
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Since the coin is already ruined, why not put it in a sulfur/prell shampoo bath and heat it in the oven. The artificial toning should obsure the stain and make the coin 'purty'.
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 United States
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Thanks for the help everyone, I'm still not sure what route I'll take
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Posted 04/01/2013 3:12 pm
