Feeling Overwhelmed Anybody Have This Before

Sorry dohcollector, I just was in a bit too happy coffee affected mood not to have a little fun with our Belgian friends. Sorry about you being kicked out by Wales, though. But hey, at least you made it to the championships, not something Norway nor Netherlands can say...

Nevertheless, that's a good offer from the man. I suggest you do the sorting of those stamps, even if it's not the most interesting work in the world but it might be worth the investment, it seems. At least you got confirmation that the offer from the stamp shop which said it was worthless (and nevertheless offers 200 Euro for it anyway) was just for him to get a fantastic bargain. Good that you didn't do it. Now it's just to find someone who wants to offer you something near the catalogue value...

For the blackened silver... Black silver usually means 'corrosion', which can be taken care of in two ways: polish it til it shines is one way. I once got a tip to put to wrap it in aluminium foil together with sodium carbonate (sold as 'soda' at the cleaning product isles in the supermarkets in Belgium and Netherlands) and then in hot water and let it be there for a while (some hours). Not sure if you want to try it on the 10 cent piece, but it should do the trick of a reverse oxidation process. This way you shouldn't be 'losing' any silver, which you will when polishing it.

hey Ultra and buddy

i have no good words about football just because I don't like that sport.
as for the belgium players they are hyped ,all the way up, I think it plays as good as any cafeeteam LOL.
on a serious note
acetone won't help to remove the black, buddy
I've seen the baking soda trick on You tube but I don't have baking soda to try that
i just use vinagar and a drup of detergent between the fingers as those don't make alot of scratces rather then a cloth or piece of fabric.
only thing wrong with this is it does't always remove all the black.
but it shure will start blinking again.

Geen ingredienten om te bakken, slechts schoonmaaksoda om te kuisen! Dat is iets heel anders... Het voornaamste ingredient zou natriumcarbonaat moeten zijn.

NOT baking soda! Soda for cleaning, it's completely different stuff!

It appears as though you got most of the black stuff off. The coins didn't get scratched so that's good.

I would think that vinegar would eat away at the coin.

Are you keeping these coins? I'd be interested to see what happens to them over the years. But there is no way to know if the vinegar will cause any changes in the future or if the coins were exposed to something that will continue to damage them.

It's a shame when coins get so dirty. There's only so much you can do to restore them.

Thanks for the pics.