1923 Peace Dollar - What Happened To The Reverse? - Page 2

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tkbslc Pillar of the Community United States 1158 Posts	Posted 10/29/2014 5:01 pm You can get it at home improvement stores like Lowe's in the paint solvents area. It's about $8 for a good sized can. You also need a glass container to work in (it melts plastic rapidly). It can also help to have some wooden tools to flip the coin and help pull it out of the liquid. Metal tools scratch coins and plastic ones, again, will melt. Edited by tkbslc 10/29/2014 5:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Mister Kairu Pillar of the Community United States 1911 Posts	Posted 10/30/2014 09:23 am Thank you for the advice tkbslc! I will definitely take all that into consideration. Now just have to find a coin or two "worthy" of the $8 can. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 10/30/2014 1:17 pm Quote: Now just have to find a coin or two "worthy" of the $8 can. There are collectors - myself included - who rinse every single new acquisition in acetone. Report this Post to the Staff
Mister Kairu Pillar of the Community United States 1911 Posts	Posted 10/30/2014 5:04 pm @ SuperDave Oh that would make sense since it is conserving the coin, not "cleaning"... I gotta keep them straight. Does the acetone work on any coin? for instance on BU Presidential dollar coins the same stuff would be just as good as putting it on a 100 year old Lincoln Cent? Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 10/30/2014 5:46 pm Quote: Does the acetone work on any coin? for instance on BU Presidential dollar coins the same stuff would be just as good as putting it on a 100 year old Lincoln Cent? Yes. In the case of copper, bright sunlight and the presence of water can cause a reaction, but as long as you don't mix the acetone with water (you don't mix it at all) and do the process out in your driveway at high Noon on a cloudless day, you should be all right. Report this Post to the Staff
weerdsteev Pillar of the Community United States 1291 Posts	Posted 11/01/2014 1:35 pm Okay....so 9 days in acetone didn't dent this stain in the least. I can also tell you that "dipping" it isn't the answer either. (I did NOT dip THIS coin, but I did dip one of the other 1923s that I referred to earlier in this thread - and it did absolutely nothing to the stain) So, does anybody have any further guesses as to what this stain might be or what I might do about it? @SsuperDdave: Your last comment could easily be taken out of context (and out of respective grammatical progression) to be interpreted to mean that you should, indeed, conduct the process outside in bright sunlight - which, I know, is the total opposite of what you're trying to say... Report this Post to the Staff
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