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Valued Member
United States
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I found a 1927 Buffalo nickel in my Loomis box today. However, it is completely covered by this black stuff. I don't know if it's some kind of dried industrial oil or tar, or maybe it's been through a fire. You can see the black coating chipping away in a few places, but the vast majority of the coin is covered, unfortunately. I guess my question is how do I restore this coin? Would soaking it in acetone help? I know 1927 is not a key date, and I couldn't tell if there's a mint mark, although it looks like there might be one (or it could just be damage). So if I were to try to conserve it, it wouldn't be for the value. I've never conserved a coin before, so I thought it might be interesting to try on a fairly common coin that's already in pretty rough shape. Any insight would be appreciated. Here are a couple of images. Thanks in advance. *** Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. It's very important to have in the title. ***  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
5416 Posts |
No amount of lipstick will fix that one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7721 Posts |
Hopeless cause for this poor coin. May it Rest In Peace.
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Valued Member
 United States
397 Posts |
OK, thank you. Well, that's too bad. Any thoughts on what may have happened to this coin? Most likely fire damage?
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Moderator
United States
15841 Posts |
I agree it's beyond help.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fire damage is a good guess. Possibly a dug coin also.
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United States
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I was thinking it was buried for some time. But for kicks - try an acetone bath for 2 days - certainly can't hurt this one any.  Edited by Dearborn
05/11/2023 08:57 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was gonna suggest acetone as well.
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Rest in Peace
United States
632 Posts |
What's on it appears to be a type of plating, nothing organic and it's not old lead paint, so that's a Doubtful for an improvement of it with Acetone.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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IMO it's not collectible as is.
Therefore any cleaning you do will not impair its value.
If it were me, I would clean it and keep it as a space-filler until you get a good one.
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Posted 05/11/2023 12:22 am
