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1868 Shield Nickel FS-905 Reverse Of 68 (No Broken Letters).

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 Posted 10/25/2019  12:13 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Finn70 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Picked this up for $21 to complete my reverse of 68 set. The coin has VF details, but suffers from what looks like a case of verdigris. I am a strong advocate of never clean coins, but anyone out there have any suggestions of preservation?
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 Posted 10/25/2019  12:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add silverwolf to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
a soak in pure acetone would be the first thing I would do.
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 Posted 10/25/2019  1:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add moxking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
. Don't be afraid to let it soak for a day if necessary.

I'm sure you can count yourself as one of the few who have sought out and captured those varieties.

Providing a full report here with those varieties would be very educational.
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 Posted 10/25/2019  2:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Finn70 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
From the 5th edition of the CPG.
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1868-Shield-Nickel-FS-905-Reverse-Of-68-No-Broken-Letters. sorry about the rotation.
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that is a nice looking example, and the extra info was appreciated as well.

As far as cleaning, does anyone have any alternates to acetone that are *safe*?
Ive been boiling some in water, and it is helping, but I have so far avoided doing this to anything outside of some modern pocket change to test the approach. Boiling does bang them around physically so you have to find a way to prevent that. We need a sticky on coin safe methods...
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I am a bit apprehensive, but I will try the acetone soak. Don't have acetone in our household, so I'll pick some up and repost the results.
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I wanted to read that stuff but I couldn't turn my Monitor on it's side.
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The results after a 24 hour acetone soak and a fresh acetone rinse. I then just let it air dry with no rubbing or patting:

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Disappointed in the results. It removed some of the green gook, but the acetone soak solution had no discoloration to it at all, and the coin now has a overall dull appearance to it. Any further suggestions or just 2 x 2 it?
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