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So I bought these on ebay from the same seller. He has a lot of positive feedback (thousands). They were at auction, and I won them for about $40 a piece. As I was 'conserving' them with acetone (because they seemed to have lacquer), I realized they looked a little weird. What do you think? Coin # 1    Coin # 2    |
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What did they look like prior to conserving them?  |
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The coin has been lacquered, and much of it is still clinging to the surface.
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Here is the sellers pics before conservation. I stopped when I first thought they looked weird. Coin # 1   Coin # 2   |
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Almost looks like acid coins. I suppose it could be lacquer remnants clinging to them...  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
Edited by 52Raymo
07/12/2018 6:45 pm
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After closer inspection of coin # 1, the weird waviness I am seeing only appears where the 'lacquer' is.
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To me it looks like someone aggressively removed corrosion.
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Did you try gently rubbing the wrinkly spots with a q-tip while in acetone ?
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I think it's simply coagulated lacquer sitting on the surface and distorting the appearance. A 10-minute soak in lacquer thinner followed by water and acetone rinses should restore the coin. NO rubbing!
Edited by Coinfrog
07/12/2018 8:06 pm
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Quote:
Did you try gently rubbing the wrinkly spots with a q-tip while in acetone ? All I got to do was rub a q-tip over the coins with acetone. Later tonight I will give them an acetone soak. I don't have lacquer thinner. Edited by coinlover1899
07/12/2018 8:45 pm
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Started the acetone soak just a second ago.
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So far, not any difference.
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These coins were damaged before the acetone soak. I would be surprised if acetone made any improvement.
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Still no difference.
Does anyone think they are counterfeit?
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I still think they were heavily corroded, aggressively cleaned and artificially colored.
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I doubt these are fakes. Looks like it could either be the lacquer distorting the surfaces, damage from the lacquer, a harshly cleaned and recolored coin that originally had corrosion, etc.
As a last resort, try some lacquer thinner and then an acetone soak/rinse as Coinfrog said.
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