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zoombuff222 Valued Member United States 92 Posts	Posted 11/04/2008 08:24 am Tex - on another discussion thread I mentioned that I contacted a seller on ebay who has some pretty high quality restorations. He wouldn't say what he uses (not too surprising) but he sent me a 4 ounce sample of it. Way more powerful than Nic-a-date and the first nickel I tried it on came out horribly. I went back to his website and read the page he has on his restoration process and noticed that he said he cleans the nickels before restoring them. Tried that on a 1913 T1 last night and had GREAT results on the reverse, but the date was still pretty faint. Probably more a problem with the strike than the process. I'm going to try it on an acid dated 1916 tonight. Only takes about 30 seconds to work. Will let you know how it turns out. Report this Post to the Staff
zoombuff222 Valued Member United States 92 Posts	Posted 11/04/2008 9:17 pm I tried this concoction again tonight after first cleaning the nickel in jewelry cleaner. Much better results than the night before but still a little grainy. Still, the time it took was only about 30 seconds, so you can't beat it for expediency. Comments anyone? (I might post this on a couple other discussion threads pertaining to this topic) Image: 16obv.jpg 79.1 KB Image: 16rev.jpg 69.8 KB Report this Post to the Staff
zoombuff222 Valued Member United States 92 Posts	Posted 11/04/2008 9:29 pm This should make it easier! Report this Post to the Staff
Texas collector Valued Member United States 369 Posts	Posted 11/07/2008 02:32 am Those look much better than mine. I still have six of the ten soaking. The other four are: 1916, 1916D, 1919, and 1920. As said before, one is 1913, because ot the reverse, but the date has not shown yet. I think a couple may be ready by tomorrow night. I plan on going to the coin shop tomorrow to see if he has anything better than vinegar, like nic-a-date. I think I'll get a folder too and start on my Buffalo nickel collection. Maybe I'll try to fill it using only restored dates:) Anyone else done/doing this? Report this Post to the Staff
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