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phankins11 Valued Member United States 355 Posts	Posted 09/20/2013 5:47 pm Hey all, So I think I posted a few weeks ago about a liberty head nickel collection I'm working on. I've found this guy and am wondering if a)would the green stuff come off with acetone and b) would you use acetone on the coin in this shape? I like the coin, it seems to have really good detail for the price being asked. and the only thing in my opinion that detracts from the look are the green spots. If I can buy this and clean the the green I think I might have a good deal on my hands. Report this Post to the Staff

GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 09/20/2013 5:52 pm I think we need some pictures .. before we can give a better opinion Report this Post to the Staff
phankins11 Valued Member United States 355 Posts	Posted 09/20/2013 9:08 pm Lol....doh! Can't believe I did that...ill get it uploaded shortly.. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinsKelly Pillar of the Community United States 3453 Posts	Posted 09/20/2013 9:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff
phankins11 Valued Member United States 355 Posts	Posted 09/21/2013 2:34 pm Here's the obverse. The reverse is in just as good a shape details wise just has some of that green stuff on it too. Report this Post to the Staff
phankins11 Valued Member United States 355 Posts	Posted 09/23/2013 09:08 am Any takers? Report this Post to the Staff
kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 09/23/2013 09:37 am I'm confident that the green "stuff" has been caused by some chemical reaction. Sort of unusual for nickel alloy coins but obviously not out of the realm of possibility. IF it is the result of some chemical reaction then there is no way of removing it short of cleaning the coin. BUT There's cleaning and then there's "cleaning". If it were mine and I was willing to chance I'd soak it in olive oil for a month or so. Pure extra virgin olive oil. It is very slightly acidic. This treatment is normally used only on copper coins BUT because of the color I suspect the cause is the copper in the alloy. And it will take a month or more; inspect it every two weeks. If it won't be a hard hit on your wallet if you make the coin worse give olive oil a try. And if things improve and you want to stop the process THEN use acetone to flush away the olive oil. Report this Post to the Staff
52Raymo Pillar of the Community United States 8516 Posts	Posted 09/23/2013 10:44 am That's PVC slime. Hit it with acetone. Oregon coin geek.....* GO BEAVS ! ! ! * Report this Post to the Staff
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