1999-P Delaware - "Spitting Unicorn" + 3 Die Cracks On Washington

to CCF. Very nice die cracks, should have a small premium. 2x2 worthy for sure. Need a soak in 100% pure acetone.
John1

If not finger printed, then the coin will go on and tone. Keep it in a 2X2 and see if it gets great looking or as ugly as sin. You can never tell for sure.

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Nice looking coin 2x2able

Really nice error for a modern Washington!

Well alright I did not realize that

Why is putting Acetone in this coin ok but cleaning other coins is not? Anything UNC. Can be cleaned?

Thanks for the welcome everyone

I live in the Midwest so not sure how it tarnished...I tried to touch on the edges...shoulda had gloves on

Never clean your coins. I think others suggested acetone to try to remove the yellow colour/toning on your coin. If you did "just crack these rolls from the mint" I'd question if the roll was really from the mint, and if so, the storage for the last 22 years has been less than ideal. Somehow you're having environmental toning/decolourization issues. Perhaps it's the paper the roll was wrapped in?

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100% acetone, don't use nail polish remover with may have dyes or perfumes. 100% pure acetone from a hardware store.

The reason it's used is it's a solvent, this will remove oils (like new fingerprints) dirt shmuts and gunk, adhesives, paint, a whole lot of things, and any surface contaminants that may be on there from circulating and neutralize all that.
it doesn't affect toning at all though.

acetone or xylene though, will evaporate. so you'd use it in a covered dish or jar, just enough to cover the coin and cover it so the acetone doesn't evaporate off. change the acetone frequently otherwise you are adding dirt and contaminants to other coins as it gets dirtier.

Similar can be accomplished with distilled water if you are more comfortable with that as a starting point, pure H2O, it's neutral pH, contains no contaminants, and is natures solvent and will take on dissolved solids from the coins you put into it but it will need to soak longer than in acetone.

I started with distilled water, and never gone past it, for most finds from circulation it will do the trick, but it doesn't work on adhesives, gum, stuff along those lines, that's where acetone or xylene come in.

the issue comes with anything used to clean coins that moves away from neutral pH 7 in either direction. anything too acidic or too alkaline has the same affect, it's corrosive to a degree and will damage the surface of the coin.

I'm not a fan of xylene, mostly because the pH varies with P-xylene or M-xylene, O-xylene, it can range from 6.5 up to 8 pH. People say it's safe, but I'm not so sure after looking at the pH of the 3 xylenes, I'd want to be sure it's a 7 pH on the package.
If I HAD to go that far, I might give it that shot though, but honestly I just steer clear of anything besides distilled water, if that doesn't touch it, then it's staying on my coin. LOL.
I would try acetone also if I felt I needed to for an adhesive, but the coin better be worth the effort also, but for the most part I'm just removing dirt from circulated roll finds and a long soak and rise with distilled water has done the job for me.