Morgan 8 Tail Feathers, Candidate For Conservation?

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winterfell Valued Member United States 231 Posts	Posted 04/12/2017 5:37 pm I have this 1878 8 Tail Feather Morgan silver dollar that has what I suppose is tape residue on the obverse. In hand, it is a coin with a ton of eye appeal, my pictures don't do it justice at all. I was thinking of sending it in to NGC (would be my first submission, been waiting till I have multiple coins that I wanted graded) Anyway, is this the type of thing they could remove? Do you think it would be worth it? What would you grade it at? Thanks in advance. Report this Post to the Staff

Mark1959 Pillar of the Community 7234 Posts	Posted 04/12/2017 5:56 pm If you think it is tape residue try a pure acetone soak first - much cheaper than sending it to NGC to do it. If it doesn't work then no harm and you can send it off to NGC for their consideration. If it is something they can't do anything with then they will send you back the coin untouched. Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 04/12/2017 6:34 pm If it's one of the rare vams I'd say yes. If not I'd say just sell it and buy a better one. Report this Post to the Staff
Imthealphaomega Pillar of the Community United States 3210 Posts	Posted 04/12/2017 7:06 pm Acetone would be my first try. If there is a lot of tarnish under it then I'd consider an ez est dip. If those don't appeal then maybe NGC conservation, they do good work Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 04/12/2017 8:07 pm I would try pure acetone to remove the tape residue first and post better pictures for more accurate opinions. Report this Post to the Staff
winterfell Valued Member United States 231 Posts	Posted 04/12/2017 11:31 pm Sorry for the bad pics. I have never tried using acetone before, but maybe I'll give it a try. Report this Post to the Staff
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