Buffalo Nickel Restoration

If you're using vinegar/hydrogen peroxide, make the solution 50/50 and don't leave the nickels in there more than 5-10 minutes or you will over expose them. Also, stand them almost upright in the solution, otherwise, the surfaces will come out with dark brown spots.

gill3814: It is 191?, but imo, the last number looks like 7. My brother says it looked like a 9. Still soaking as we speak, so we will see.

g048406: ouch, I already put it in the solution a few hours ago, but used more vinegar than peroxide (not your 50/50 mixture) and your upright idea actually makes sense after I looked at the nickel. No dark brown spots, but the little dirt and black stuff shifted on the coin as it was treated

EDIT: Done soaking. There is a faint but distinctive 1917 on the front. This is my first time soaking any coin in anything, so lesson learned and I will tilt the coin next time.



@gill Nope, just one dateless, not two. 1917-P, but hey, a year I don't have (because I don't collect these).

Yoshi can you take a close up of the whole obverse ?