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On another thread someone mentioned that they treat their new acquisitions, first with acetone to remove oils and fingerprints (and other gunk), and then with VerdiCare.
A few of my grandpa's nickels and pennies are developing some light, colorful toning. I already know acetone doesn't affect toning, but does VerdiCare?
Thanks!
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Bedrock of the Community
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VerdiCare will form an airtight seal on coins to prevent further oxidation. Personally, I would not use it on every nickel and cent in my collection, as that seems to be extreme. For coins suffering from bronze disease or such, yes.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
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Personally, I'd reserve the acetone and VerdiCare treatments for select coins only--not every single one I choose to keep.
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Getting back to your question, I really doubt Verdi-Care would have a negative effect on tone coins . And I agree you don't have to use acetone and VC for every coin in your collection .  |
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I haven't had any effect on toning when I use verdicare. I also don't use it on low value coins because the product is expensive.
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I was the one that posted the comment. Just to clarify, if a coin is low cost I'll just dip into acetone. I only treat coins with verdicare if they are copper/expensive or have some type of residue. For example a coin may have some residue that is removed with acetone, I would tend to treat that coin with verdicare to protect the surface that was covered with residue. Modern silver/clad coins just get dipped in acetone.
Verdicare is used mostly on older coins, and especially copper ones due to the reactivity of copper.
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Thanks for the info!
Most of the coins in this hoard are junk silver so no reason to do anything except if they have a lot of gunk on them (they were taken from the till at my grandfather's service station, so many were handled with oily/greasy hands). I drop those in acetone just because "yuck."
But there were a few in the actual "collection" notebook that deserve some TLC and a fresh flip (I'm thinking these were my uncle's coins, bought through his teen years). They're not really high value coins either ('39D BU red cent, '55D BU no FS Nickel, etc.) but I like them for the sentimental value. The only reason I'm taking them out of the original flips is the window plastic in them is yellowing, and I'm thinking that's an indication the plastic is breaking down—I want to preserve the coins to prevent potential damage. (Let me know if I'm thinking wrong—I'm not going to do it right away.)
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12/14/2022 10:02 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Does VerdiCare remove corrosion on aluminum coins / tokens? Any adverse effects on them?
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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I forgot who sells it here. My bottle is running dry. But it last a couple years.
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Verdi-care can be bought on Wizard Coin Supply and ebay. I've used it on a few of my ancient coins to help stop bronze disease. It has not changed the tone color but changes the sheen some, how it reflects light. Edited by livingwater
12/29/2022 11:02 am
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Somebody was selling it here, too.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I believe it was CCF member BadThad.
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