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Pillar of the Community
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Wow, what a transformation! Beautiful job! I finally cherried that variety a month or less ago. It's not as nice as your "after" though!
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Pillar of the Community
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 Like the before and after pics. Appreciate you sharing your cool finds. Thanks, Doug. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Get me a bottle of that verdi-care.
Great demonstration.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice conservation lawest!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice find. Those before and after photos really show the transformation. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Impressive work, nice results!
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Pillar of the Community
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I get the same results with a three minute soak in vinegar and a pinch of salt. No more than three minutes, followed by a good rinse in water. For added "patina" and protection, a quick dip in baby oil (mineral oil). It is not a good idea to clean the more valuable coins with anything. JMO
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Bedrock of the Community
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Vinegar and salt if the worst procedure. What happens when an acid a added to a cent. The surface goes away leaving the pink color that makes it so obvious that the surface was altered. Best to stick with mineral oil on circulated coins to remove the gunk from devices and touch up with a green thorn. Mineral oil will not remove carbon spots, green spots on color, finger prints and never to be used on BU or proof coins. Just circulated coins that have grime on the devices. The other things I mentioned about that it will not remove should never be attempted to remove as what ever you use, may alter the surface and the value drops drastically after the coin as been deemed cleaned. (Can be reduced as much as two grades. So if you don't know what you are doing, never attempt to clean/dip a valuable coin. It is not worse the loss when the coin is ruined.
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It takes an acid to get rid of the green. They only turn pink in excess of three minutes. That's why I rinse them with water. I learned the Mineral oil trick from you Coop. It is excellent for grime. As I said, nothing should be used on the more valuable coins. I can post before and after pics if you'd like to see.
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Pillar of the Community
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Woah! Is that even the same coin?! Nice work and find. Also has a retained lamination on the obverse
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Bedrock of the Community
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Is the coin a bit light copper colored? Or is this just an illusion from the lighting to take the images?
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll take another look at it when I get home. What would make it lighter colored?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Anything acid. It might just be the lighting?
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Pillar of the Community
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I surrounded it with some other coins, it doesn't appear to be lighter   |
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