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themetallurgist Valued Member United States 111 Posts	Posted 10/29/2014 11:13 pm this is the worst side with several large carbon spots... I believe the bottom dark area is a shadow. Report this Post to the Staff

kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 10/30/2014 08:07 am If it's a proof coin you might as well clean it if you want to keep it. Or just spend it. The damage has been done. Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19943 Posts	Posted 10/30/2014 08:48 am Lincoln proofs cannot be effectively cleaned - they are VERY easy to damage. Using anything beyond the Polarity Ladder solvents will likely result in damage and a worse looking coin. What year is this coin and what does the obverse look like? Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
themetallurgist Valued Member United States 111 Posts	Posted 10/30/2014 11:25 am so what do you guys think for grade? RB perhaps? think those spots can be somewhat cleaned with acetone? Edited by themetallurgist 10/30/2014 11:28 am Report this Post to the Staff
ksmcents Valued Member United States 306 Posts	Posted 10/30/2014 1:53 pm Personally I'd leave it as is! At the very maximum if it ate at me too much... would be a quick submerge in acetone (extremely clean acetone!) and follow it with verdicare treatment, let it dry, airtite it forever (or at least within my lifetime). But I am extremely reluctant to verbalize this... Proofs are very fragile ...I've personally experimented on ones I've found in the wild roll hunting...the results are always not what you want/expect or worse. Report this Post to the Staff
themetallurgist Valued Member United States 111 Posts	Posted 10/30/2014 11:34 pm so how about a grade? Thank you! Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19943 Posts	Posted 10/31/2014 1:26 pm WOW! A 36 proof! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE ANYTHING ON THIS COIN. Those types of carbon spots cannot be removed without permanent damage and this is a rare and valuable coin. If you don't like the spots, sell the coin and buy a replacement. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19943 Posts	Posted 11/01/2014 11:39 am Oh, looks to be a brilliant proof (there are also satin for this year), probably PR-63. As long as that's dust in the obverse pic. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
themetallurgist Valued Member United States 111 Posts	Posted 11/01/2014 12:09 pm Thank you for your help! Report this Post to the Staff
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