1928 S Peace Dollar - Acetone Before And After...thoughts?

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cboyera Valued Member United States 308 Posts	Posted 01/24/2016 4:47 pm I took CCF's advice and had this coin spend some time with acetone (before and after pics). In my opinion, looks a lot better...thank you! Thoughts on it still being an environmental damage piece? Before: After: Report this Post to the Staff

CoinHuntingDrew Pillar of the Community United States 4932 Posts	Posted 01/24/2016 5:25 pm Did you let it soak? Looks like UNC details to me. Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 01/24/2016 6:06 pm The acetone bath removed the brown gunk but all the black crud still remains. My opinion is enviro damage details still. On a side (bright)note it appears to be a VAM-11A. http://www.vamworld.com/1928-S+VAM-11A Report this Post to the Staff
CoinCollector2012 Pillar of the Community United States 8137 Posts	Posted 01/24/2016 7:56 pm AU details Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/24/2016 8:34 pm It's gone. Report this Post to the Staff
cboyera Valued Member United States 308 Posts	Posted 01/24/2016 8:53 pm Soaked it for a while and it helped a bit. So then I added a little gentle q-tipping (because it wasn't going to hurt it any more that the ugliness it was before) and voila! Dave, I do see where it is a VAM-11A...thank you for pointing that out as I am definitely learning but VAM's haven't been part of the education yet! Is that a rarer VAM? What kind of value does it add to the piece? Report this Post to the Staff
GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 01/24/2016 9:04 pm Nice details on that coin, it is a shame about the stains. When I get a coin like that, I can't stop until I have the stain off .. most times it will end up looking cleaned. Then hope it tone back to acceptable .. for a cleaned coin. Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 01/24/2016 9:07 pm VAMworld has it listed as an R4 which implies fairly common although only two examples show up on the condition census. This would be a no added value to your example, just a cool factor. Report this Post to the Staff
jack316 Valued Member United States 392 Posts	Posted 01/24/2016 10:43 pm I don't know how long your soak was but if you got those great results, I'd consider soaking it again, for perhaps as long as a week. It won't hurt it to try and may improve it. I've read that some folks alternately freeze coins (in distilled water), and then heat them. The expansion and contraction apparently works well for removing "crud." Your calling this a stain, are you certain it's not "crud?" Jack Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36878 Posts	Posted 01/25/2016 09:20 am Try a dip in E-Z-Est Jewel Luster, it should remove the black. At this point you can't hurt it, only improve it. Report this Post to the Staff
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