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Pillar of the Community
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In general, when someone does an Acetone soak to remove or clean up some marks to just spruce it up, will the process affect any of the toning that may be on the coin?
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Rest in Peace
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It won't affect the toning but if something were on the coin that subdued the toning, acetone will remove it and reveal an un-toned area.
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It can. Type acetone in the search box upper left of page for info. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Experiment with coins that are worthless or you don't care about.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The most important thing about using Acetone for coins is if you put your fingers in the jar or dish to get those coins. You may well remove valuable dirt under your fingernails.   I've done so much experimenting with Acetone on coins and have found, as a general rule, has little to no effect on the coin. However, I would really like to try leaving a coin in Acetone for a few hundred years just to make sure.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I buy a lot of 1790's and early 1800 coins so I'm very conservative about 'cleaning' coins. I'm only interested if I can remove some dirt but sometimes a dirty coin is worth more than a clean coin.
I agree with those saying you must use a glass container sealed very securely and a distilled water bath after the acetone bath. Be careful about breathing any vapors. Acetone may affect the toning as you are removing dirt that covers the coin.
Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith Edited by cipster
10/18/2014 9:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Just use cautiously to remove dirt but I highly recommend Verdi care as well
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Pillar of the Community
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Nonononono, you do NOT rinse in water after. To make sure nothing redeposits you do another rinse in fresh acetone. Acetone, unlike water, evaporates quickly and without spotting and does not incite oxidation.
Also, to the question, acetone will not affect toning or cIrculation tarnish. Or the coin
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Bedrock of the Community
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Sometimes acetone can affect Artificially toned coins, where the color comes from other substances applied to the coin. Quote:
To make sure nothing redeposits you do another rinse in fresh acetone. A FLOWING rinse, not a dip into another container of acetone. You are trying to FLUSH away those redeposits. |
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