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gmwatson Valued Member United States 234 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 3:07 pm Does anybody give their proofs a quick acetone bath when removing from the OGP. I have three 1960 proof sets where the coins appear to be affected by the packaging and wanted to know if acetone would help. * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 4:32 pm Affected in what way? A pic would be nice. Report this Post to the Staff
gmwatson Valued Member United States 234 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 5:04 pm Coins are a little hazy. Just wondering if I should be concerned that the surface of the proofs might need to be dealt with given fifty plus years of sitting in the cellophane material. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 5:42 pm Pics would give us the best chance to help! Report this Post to the Staff
edweather Pillar of the Community United States 7375 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 6:34 pm Pics would be nice, but acetone can't hurt, just be careful when handling. Report this Post to the Staff
gmwatson Valued Member United States 234 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 6:56 pm Coinfrog, I would if I could figure out how to upload. My computer seems to be in a perpetual state of 'loading' but without actually getting the job done. I'll try my best and we'll see what happens. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 8:36 pm Here is the tutorial about uploading and posting images And here is the CCF Free Image Optimizer to help crop your images. And please preview your post/pictures to be sure the images are rotated correctly. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 10:04 pm Acetone will remove any grease or oil on the coins but as a general rule it won't touch hazing at all. Contrary to popular opinion I have had good luck removing haze on coppernickel proofs with diluted ez-est (full MS or proofs only, doesn't work well on circulated coins), but even diluted ez-est will mess up copper. The proof silver should come out fine. Edited by Conder101 11/19/2018 10:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
gmwatson Valued Member United States 234 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 10:08 pm Here's the image. Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 10:55 pm Quote: Here's the image. Report this Post to the Staff
jimbucks Pillar of the Community United States 4691 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 11:03 pm OH NO! The Acetone dissolved the coins! Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 11/19/2018 11:34 pm Acetone dip (12 hours) Before: - After: - Edited by Dorado 11/19/2018 11:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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