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I have seen a few threads on what to do about the green stuff that shows up on copper coins. The green stuff is verdigis and is a natural occurrenc. I just wanted to show how I take care of the coins going into my collection. First of all, I do not want to store coins with all that grime and contaminants inside a flip. That will create a breeding ground for it to get worse. So I give the coin a quick acetone bath. This will loosen and remove most of the junk on the surface and in the tight spaces without damaging the coin. After it fully dries I use a product called Verdi-chem. I use it following the directions that came with it. Below are some before and after photos. Judge for yourself.   |
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Rest in Peace
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Showing the before and after pictures are very important. It does show that the method you are using is very helpful to the look of the coin, as well as reducing the continued creep of contamination.
Have you done this for enough years where you can look at a coin you did 5, 10, 20 years ago and still see that those coins have maintained their natural skin?
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Absolutely. I have been using the Verdi-care products for well over 5 years now. Here is one I did about 4 years ago. It has been in a plastic flip ever since.   |
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The biggest problem with altering a coin is whether it is noticed by the graders. If so, then it can lower or prevent a coin from being graded. If your not sending it in to be graded, then it shouldn't be a problem. Acid products can remove part of the surface of the coin turning it pink. Lowers the grading a lot and to some collectors it makes it undesirable. What happens to the coin after storage for a long time. Does it come back? Turn a strange color? Make it worse? What we do to the coin may alter the collectability of the coin in the future.
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Yes, these are for my collection, and I hate slabbed coins. I like to feel like I can look at and admire my coins. Not feel like it is prison visitation.
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I am very interested in hearing from others who have been using Verdi-Care for an extended period of time. I use the product on nasty cull IHCs which have great details under all of the verdigris. It does wonders for them...restores them to beautiful looking coins. However, I haven't used the product on anything that I put into my albums, because I'm concerned about the long term effects.
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Well of coarse BadThad is the one guy who can tell you. I'm sure he still owns coins he verdicare'd when he was inventing it well before it was mass produced for consumers meaning he has the oldest coins in the world that have been conserved with it. Seal, how many times have you visited someone in prison  |
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Seal, how many times have you visited someone in prison Funny you should ask. I am a retired state correctional officer. I used to spend 57 hours a week with convicted felons. |
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I'm sure he still owns coins he VerdiCare'd when he was inventing it I had no clue he was the inventor of it. That's awesome! Hopefully he will see this thread and post some of his older examples. |
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Not sure of long term effects but with BadThad being a chemist, I doubt there is any. And I can tell you I have have coins slabbed after treating them with Verdi-Care, then rinsing with acetone....no problem.
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VC was designed for long-term storage use! If you didn't know, I created this product for MYSELF with two main objectives: verdigris removal and long-term storage. I have quite a few coins that were treated with VC during the invention phase and today they look exactly the same as they did after treatment (as expected considering the chemistry). Perhaps tonight I'll dig out my first long-term test coin, an IHC stored in an AirTite, and post some pictures of how it looks years later. I checked it some months ago and it still looked great. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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02/11/2016 10:11 am
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Thad is THE MAN. I have been a customer for years.
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 And who else thinks Thad should apply for a spot on Shark Tank lol I still need to get a bottle for the occasional verdigris spot on a morgan and just to have it on hand |
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And I can tell you I have have coins slabbed after treating them with Verdi-Care, then rinsing with acetone....no problem. I could be wrong , but I think it's the other way around. Acetone first then Verdi-care . |
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For me, like a usb microscope, scale or 2X2's, Verdi-Care is an essential part of my process of collecting coins.  |
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I could be wrong , but I think it's the other way around.
Acetone first then Verdi-Care . Many do acetone, verdi-care, acetone Gunk goes bye bye. Edited by seal006
02/11/2016 11:05 am
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