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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am looking at buying a 1/4 AGE, it is slabbed MS68, I intend on breaking it out of the slab, but the description says it has some milk spots..
will those come off easily?
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Moderator
 United States
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No. Those spots are permanent. They're the scourge of Modern coinage.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1247 Posts |
okay thanks, then I will pass...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
534 Posts |
It is fairly easy to to get rid of these spots. Here are some methods
>Use a jewelry wipe
>Use cloudy ammonia
>Use a clean eraser
>Use Toothpaste and a cloth
It shouldn't be a problem to get rid of.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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It is fairly easy to to get rid of these spots. Here are some methods
>Use a jewelry wipe
>Use cloudy ammonia
>Use a clean eraser
>Use Toothpaste and a cloth Please do none of the above. Those methods will do more harm than good. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4897 Posts |
 OUCH! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1247 Posts |
I would like to get rid of the spots, without damaging the coin...
Would verdi-care remove them?
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Rest in Peace
United States
4078 Posts |
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Would Verdi-Care remove them? I believe not. Maybe Bad Thad can chirp in. A CCF member who invented Verdi-Care. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1247 Posts |
Okay thanks all, this is now a moot point. I found a non-graded coin without spots for the same price.
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Moderator
United States
23522 Posts |
I should have read better; it completely passed me by that we're discussing Gold Eagles. They don't develop "milk spots," but alloy irregularity can cause copper spots of a red appearance. Gold does not tarnish or color easily, so I'd be pretty leery of one described as having spots. You should be fine with the one you've purchased.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Good thing. You can remove them but copper spots just keep coming back.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The coin is no longer MS68 with the milk spots.
I would not bother to buy it in the slab, as is.
If I already owned it, I would remove it from the slab and give it a bath in acetone, but with only small expectation that the acetone will be of any benefit. It would then go into a screw capsule; the capsule then go into a standard 20 pocket polypropylene album page. If a large capsule was needed, it would go into a 12 pocket album page.
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Posted 01/11/2015 11:48 am
