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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This was my first attempt at using acetone. Tried on a couple of low cost Large Cents. The pics of the Before are a little dark. How did I do?   I did not post the reverse as the pics were dark and the difference was not that dramatic. |
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Moderator
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I like the after pics. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1888 Posts |
Definite improvement. How long did you soak them?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
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Definite improvement. How long did you soak them? They soaked for about 45mins. Mostly because I was at work(where I have acetone available) and was doing other things. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I notice that virtually all that white stuff came off after the rinse , what was that stuff ? The after coins look better . But the bust on the 43 looks cleaned after the Acetone ,which is not supposed to happen .  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
these look like candidates for an olive oil soaking..
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I also like the after pictures better. It is interesting that after soaking
the details of the coin show better.
Acetone will help remove organic substance on a coin. If there is a cleaned
coin under the organic substance it will show.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Good results for a first try. No harm done to the coins, either.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12477 Posts |
Wow, that '46 is a huge improvement. Who knew those details were under there somewhere!
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12/05/2016 9:20 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great job Juliano.  Nice improvements! I haven't tried this myself but from the looks of your after pictures I need to. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
705 Posts |
I was quite (pleasantly)surprised at the detail on the '46. I have some Verdis-Care coming and we'll see how that does on some Large Cents with Verdigris. The reverse of the '43 has some verdigris. I will do a better job on pics  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wish the lighting had been the same but they do look improved.
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Good work. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep, they both look much better!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is the first post I've seen with before and after photos. The after does look much more appealing. But it seems like you're trying to walk the delicate line between cleaning a coin properly or risk having the coin judged as improperly cleaned. Both of which, I'm still struggling to gain command of. I still don't understand what distinguished the difference in the eyes of TPG's. just thinking out-lound |
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Posted 12/05/2016 3:21 pm
