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DEVLEC Pillar of the Community Canada 3234 Posts	Posted 08/01/2013 12:21 pm Here's a nice 1871 PEI which seems to be mostly lacquered.. The die polishing is so visible on the Reverse........ Report this Post to the Staff

Dave H Pillar of the Community United States 1436 Posts	Posted 08/01/2013 2:55 pm Wouldn't a good Acetone soak remove the lacquer from the coin? Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 08/01/2013 6:36 pm Boy, that's pretty. Report this Post to the Staff
SHAFTA9a Bedrock of the Community Canada 10743 Posts	Posted 08/01/2013 6:56 pm Quote: Wouldn't a good Acetone soak remove the lacquer from the coin? Yes.. I would like to know that also. Report this Post to the Staff
artdio Pillar of the Community 1844 Posts	Posted 08/01/2013 7:13 pm yes the acetone would dissolve the laquer.. I had it done to a coin I have and it worked great..BUT the question would be ...Will the coin still grade MS 65 ? Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10456 Posts	Posted 08/01/2013 8:38 pm Acetone can cause a photochemical reaction with bright mint state bronze and copper, the average humidity in a household would provide enough water vapour to do this. Unless you know what you are doing, I would leave the coin alone. http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...468601003590 "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
DEVLEC Pillar of the Community Canada 3234 Posts	Posted 08/02/2013 10:12 am Thanks for the comments. As SPP has mentioned...I don't plan to touch it. I just have always enjoyed seeing the die polishing on it. Maybe many 1871's came like this......... When I received it in the 80's, the "powers that be" had said that it probably was a "Heaton Hoard" piece. Truth or Fiction........? Report this Post to the Staff
tfred Pillar of the Community Canada 627 Posts	Posted 08/02/2013 11:16 am Acetone on a nice red large cent...DONT DO IT. I did it on a nice red MS63/64ish. Took all of the lacquer off, but left a very obvious chemical rainbow all over. I think I would rather a coin say "lacquered" then "cleaned" Report this Post to the Staff
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