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Is it ok to put your older silver rounds 1980's early 90's in distilled or purified water to just clean off any dirt or junk from sitting in plastics baggies from which they came in?
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I recommend 100% pure acetone. Distilled water quality will vary from one brand to another. John1  |
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sitting in plastics baggies Just in case you are talking about baggies made from PVC, you should remove everything from them as that plastic will degrade your coins over time. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Thank you . Just another stupid question is it regular acetone?
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100% Acetone you buy from hardware stores - NO fingernail polish removers
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Pillar of the Community
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There are no "stupid" questions.  ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon
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Any baggie for food use should be okay, not great but they don't contain PVC. Most all food storage products are also safe for coins, not ideal but better than nothing. The best are archival poly bags for raw coins (especially proofs) sized to fit left unsealed, then put into a safe holder or flip. For copper coins a cotton liner inside a paper envelope seems to be what the guys with million dollar collections use.
Just make sure your coins are stored out of direct light, and in low humidity as well. Dark and dry are the best conditions for metal to be in without corrosion forming.
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I the baggies were from the original sale of the coin . They are from sunshine mint or minting have various older dates.
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There are no "stupid" questions. Wellll...sometimes  John1 |
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If you are not familiar with Acetone, search this site as there are many prior discussions. Cleans great but will dry out your fingers if you are touching the stuff and also you need well ventilated space to work in. I have gotten myself sick from sniffing too much acetone. I can't way my way of disposing of used acetone is correct but I enjoy dumping the used liquid into my driveway and tossing a match onto it. Should be a warning as this stuff burns a clear flame, can't see it, so be careful wherever you are using it that you are not smoking or other sources of flame.
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What would be the amount of time I should leave it in the acetone for a silver eagle and silver round?
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1 or 2 minutes at a time. John1 |
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Quote:Quote:There are no "stupid" questions. Wellll...sometimes No stupid questions, only stupid silly answers.   |
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Cool thank you all#129488;
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So would acetone help make a toned coin look newer ?
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Posted 04/25/2021 6:59 pm
