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I just picked these up on e-bay for under melt. The seller calls the reverse gunk "glue". If he's correct, I suppose I could use acetone bath.   |
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I would try acetone, but I wouldn't waste my time. I'd just sell them for melt and call it a day
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Why did you buy them?
For silver .. or are you doing a circulated set.
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If that is glue, acetone will take it off ...if you soak them long enough.
Might take a few weeks.
For the stains or dark toning, acetone won't do much for it.
You would have to do something more harsh to get the the stains out.
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Why did you buy them? I like these coins. Luckily, I do have a person who I sell silver coins to. On a lot like this I will probably keep the "nicer" ones for the time being, and it would be nice if I could clean them up before I decided what to do. |
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I wouldn't clean the gunk off. The weight of a couple of those is probably increased significantly by the gunk.
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OK, I'll resell them by the ounce.
I thought someone might be of the opinion that the deposits are from the coins being buried, but the consensus seems to be otherwise. I'll have to buy more acetone, experiment and then have the last laugh ;)
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I'd keep them because I like the darker bronze color they have and its always nice to just have some roughed up coins.. it adds to their stories.
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12/04/2016 12:34 am
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I cleaned up the 1896 and 1914. I got a lot of the reverse gunk off with my thumb nail. I also used acetone afterwards and scraped with a toothpick before removing. There is a lot of discoloration to obverse surfaces. Ugly coins, but I only paid $12.50 for the six. Can sell for a profit.   |
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Common coins will always be common coins ... and IMHO, despite your efforts to remove the 'gunk' ... these are damaged common coins.
Value is melt ... there is no numismatic value here.
Simply my opinion of course ... you should collect whatever you want that makes you happy.
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I'll give you $14. No thanks. I have a local buyer. Quote:
there is no numismatic value here I agree. My point was to experiment with cleaning them and see what they look like. The environmental damage is pretty extensive and hard to figure out. I don't think I'll keep any, though a new collector or someone on a tight budget might like them. So I'm sure they have "collectabilty" (i.e. there are e-bay buyers who would pay more than melt, though the seller would likely do no better than melt after expenses). Thanks for comments. |
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