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Valued Member
Singapore
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Do not soak in salt and vinegar. It will react with the metal. It will remove the black spots but much else as well.
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Moderator
 United States
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Use only 100% pure acetone.Read up on it first by using the search box upper left of page. Also,please crop photos a bit better before posting...thanks. John1  Edited by John1
10/21/2020 09:43 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I doubt that much can be done to help this coin since it has been corroded. verdi-care would help but might be impossible to obtain in your country.
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Moderator
United States
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Verdi-care is next to impossible to even get in this country,that's why I suggested acetone. John1 |
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Valued Member
United States
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Acetone might help. But the coins have already started to pit. And there's lots of verdigris (green stuff). Sometimes removing it leaves you with even deeper pitting and the coins look worse. I hope you didn't pay much for these.
If you did, take them back to the store. Tell the owner to soak them in vinegar and salt for an hour. If they don't look better, you get your money back. If that could really improve these coins, the owner would have already done it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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look I'm gonna be straight with you, these were severely neglected. All I can tell you is like what was mentioned, acetone soaks to remove the heavy stuff. Once you have that stuff off and stabilized the surfaces, you can work on "wear" to even out the colors and surface condition. mostly just carrying it around as a pocket piece as a coin would being circulated, I'd also possibly try a fine hair bristled brush and some mineral oil in an attempt to bring some life back into the bronze. they aren't going to perform well at all in their current shape, but If you don't mind it dropping a few grades I think it's salvageable. Might also want to think about sending them to a grading company for an opinion on conservation services and have it done by a professional. In low MS I don't see either been really valuable, maybe $60 for the pair At MS62. Likely not worth paying a TPG to conserve them. So all the care and work and rub would need to be done by you to circulation wear them into "less problematic" And Salt and Vinegar is for Potato Chips, Not for coins. It will turn your Bronze pink, and judging by some of the color, I think it's already been tried. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Just my opinion, but these coins are very unattractive anyway, and the 1932 has zero value in this condition.
I would take the 1932 coin (which can be obtained in a very nice grade for just $5) and do the experiment with the vinegar and salt.
As mentioned by others, the acid in the vinegar is likely to react with the surface of the coin. I doubt it will improve the coin, but since it is worthless anyhow, why not try it?
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Valued Member
 Singapore
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Thanks everyone. I paid less than USD4. Just buy them out of curiosity if I would be able to do something to salvage them. I will soak them in Acetone to see how it turn out. Will post pics after soaking.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Soaking in vinegar will probably leave you with pink coins, not a pretty sight, and IMO not recommended.
Stick with 100% acetone the type from a hardware store, not the nail polisher remover type as it has other stuff in it even although it shows 100% on the label.
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
Singapore
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Soak for 2hours in Acetone then apply Axe Universal oil. Does it look any better or worst?   Best Regards |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They look about the same, which tells you that the problem is corrosion (an inorganic chemical process) rather than a deposit of something organic (grease, tar, etc).
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I agree, inorganic thin film corrosion (otherwise can be taken to mean blotchy toning).
Unfortunately acetone will have zero effect on such sulphide / oxide blotchiness which is the result of being in a damp, humid environment.
Just be thankful that they don't suffer from bronze disease (green verdigris)
In a location such as Singapore, just do your best to store your coins away from humidity. Same thing can happen in the Gulf states of the U.S.
Search other CCF threads and Google re storage of coins in a humid environment.
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Valued Member
Singapore
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That is why some coin dealers here rarely want to deal with bronze or copper coins. They are quite an headache.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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You may wish to store your coins and albums in clip seal polyethylene bags with a few small silica gel packets, or a gasket sealed clip close case.
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