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Am I the only one who thinks this process is a mistake and we should just leave the coin in its natural state? Why are you dipping these coins anyways? just to experiment or resell them to someone else who doesn't know they were cleaned?
I am not planning on selling at all. I want to see the beauty of the coin and if it has gunk on it and I can remove it without damage then great. I knew acetone did not hurt a coin and from my brief experiment here, as long as I am careful this does not either.
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The proof of the outcome will be much later as the metal reacts to the cleaning agent over time.
Give it a few weeks and see what happens -
That is what the acetone does...there is no cleaning agent left....at least that is my understanding.
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Careful .........
I have bought gnarley coins before, if the value is gone anyway, might as well make them nice to look at. Not everyone has resale dollar signs in their eyes every time they buy a coin, some of us just collect for the fun, history and beauty.
Precisely I am not selling these and looking at them I do not think it hurt in any way. As someone has stated there is a restoration/preservation company out there that does this. If they charge $15 per coin, the coins I have done are not worth that. The point is, after the gunk is off, they look great and that was the purpose.
I can not remember the last time I sold a coin...must have been 15 years old or something.
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I am one of those who collects for fun, history and beauty. I understand these are his coins and can do what he wants....but the dipping destroys all the fun, history and beauty about these coins.....kinda gives them a "new look".
How can it destroy the coin? If you have some kind of smear, fingerprint, dirt or whatever on it and you want it gone without damage and that is the key, what can you do. I do not think I have damaged the coin in any way...these were not circulated coins, they were mint state with gunk on them. Now they just look mint state. I understand the reservations of some and I have no issue with it. For me, I like to look at them and I want them to be nice. This is a way to do just that. If it ruins the resale value of a $10 coin, so what I am not selling them.
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E.Z.Est... Maybe a max 4-5 second dip around 2 years ago
Well I was worried about that but the acetone should have cleaned any residue off of it. I dipped way longer in the acetone as it hurts nothing..I think.
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It DID remove all the stuff that was on the coin...and it was a great looking coin ("white") after dip.
This is a pic 2 years AFTER the dip....worse than before the dip
Yuk, but you said you rinsed with distilled water. I wonder if acetone was used if you would have had the same reaction?
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