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joecoin Pillar of the Community United States 789 Posts	Posted 04/16/2019 09:14 am I have this 1924 Canadian nickel. It's got some black/green splotches on it. Any suggestions on a safe method to remove it? Poor guy looks like he tossed his cookies. Edited by joecoin 04/16/2019 09:15 am Report this Post to the Staff

chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6503 Posts	Posted 04/16/2019 09:56 am I am not an expert but I'd approach it by first giving it an overnight soak in acetone and see if that helps. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
CurrencyLooker Valued Member Canada 122 Posts	Posted 04/16/2019 10:14 am Make sure you use pure acetone not the nail polishing stuff. Report this Post to the Staff
joecoin Pillar of the Community United States 789 Posts	Posted 04/16/2019 11:07 am I did give him a quick acetone dip, I'll give him an overnight bath and see how he feels. I've got a quart of acetone I purchased at a hardware store. It doesn't have a list of ingredients, I'm assuming it's 100% acetone. Report this Post to the Staff
silverwolf Pillar of the Community Canada 3733 Posts	Posted 04/16/2019 11:10 am yes, hardware store acetone, is the stuff you want.. Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Pillar of the Community United States 9897 Posts	Posted 04/16/2019 2:48 pm If the label says "pure." then its the right stuff. Walmart sells a 2.00 bottle of pure acetone in the health and beauty dept. as nail polish remover. http://goccf.com/t/98298&whichpage=8#1357185 And if you read the container of any acetone you buy, you will find there is a bitterant added (10 parts per million). Its still safe for coins (dipped hundreds+ by now with it). Follow the link. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
TerryT Pillar of the Community Canada 799 Posts	Posted 04/17/2019 01:16 am That damage is irreversible. It may get lighter with acetone but it's already pitted. Nickel isn't supposed to rust like that so something went wrong. May have been a bad batch of nickel, or a really strong chemical. Looks to happen in any year of the Geo.V nickels. I've had a 1925 and 35 with the same type of ugliness . Edited by TerryT 04/17/2019 01:19 am Report this Post to the Staff
joecoin Pillar of the Community United States 789 Posts	Posted 04/17/2019 08:52 am UDATE: Here he is after an overnight soak in acetone: Don't know why I bothered posting the pics, there's no change. TerryT - thanks for the info, Report this Post to the Staff
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