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TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 09/06/2013 10:12 am Please grade: 1863 IHC. I have provided before and after acetone soak pics. Do you think I should soak verdicare or leave as is? Before Acetone Soak After Acetone Soak Before Acetone Soak After Acetone Soak Edited by TJsCoins 09/06/2013 10:14 am Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 09/06/2013 10:42 am I would be tempted to go the Verdicare route as well. From the 'before' and 'after' pictures with Verdicare on other threads, it seems the chemistry for the product has been well worked out, although you may wind up with a slightly paler coin. That's OK, because these things were high nickel for a cent, anyway. Practice on a low grade cruddy '58 to '64 cent first, to get some idea of the time for the duration of the soaking. Yours is a very nice coin, so care and a degree of circumspection is needed. At least, there is no red lustre to be lost. AU55. I note a ding on the 'S' of 'STATES'. Only a tiny amount of wear on the high points of the feathers. Slight fusing of the 'L' of 'LIBERTY' with the headband. Bars on shield OK. Edited by sel_69l 09/06/2013 10:51 am Report this Post to the Staff
SHAFTA9a Bedrock of the Community Canada 10743 Posts	Posted 09/06/2013 11:54 am Not sure if that's a ' Cud' or just extra build up of metal below the date. Nice job on the acetone soak.. AU-58 Report this Post to the Staff
jerryc39 Pillar of the Community United States 3164 Posts	Posted 09/06/2013 12:50 pm au 55 range I would say. Nice coin Report this Post to the Staff
john1942sept Valued Member United States 286 Posts	Posted 09/06/2013 2:29 pm AU-55 or a little better. Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18712 Posts	Posted 09/06/2013 3:44 pm i agree with AU55, could use a little more cleanup. nice coin Report this Post to the Staff
52Raymo Pillar of the Community United States 8521 Posts	Posted 09/06/2013 4:37 pm Yeah AUfiddyfive...don't be afraid of soaking it for long periods with the V-C, won't hurt it. Oregon coin geek.....* GO BEAVS ! ! ! * Report this Post to the Staff
UNCdetails Valued Member United States 72 Posts	Posted 09/06/2013 6:15 pm amazing strike full details i like the original color so be careful Report this Post to the Staff
flippy Pillar of the Community Australia 1874 Posts	Posted 09/06/2013 7:21 pm AU55 Report this Post to the Staff
TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 09/08/2013 01:03 am Thanks for all the grades! think I am going to hold off on the Verdicare for now; I am kinda liking it as is and believe the vergis is arrested. Report this Post to the Staff
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