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Here's an 1888-S Morgan a relative gave to me recently. Rather ugly toning (and I think some dirt, but it looks alright overall and it's a scarcer coin. Any opinions would be gratefully received.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll say AU-50/53.  to the CCF! |
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AU-53 and would most likely straight grade.
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AU55
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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AU50. I think an acetone bath would help tremendously.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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United States
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I went back and forth between AU50 and AU53. Ultimately the deciding factor for me was the rim hit @ 9:00 of the Obverse, so I'm at AU50. Still a very nice example, and I'd love to see more pictures if you decide to acetone. Thank you for sharing it.
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New Member
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Thank you everyone. I'd be scared to try acetone - I've never used it before and this is actually one of my most valuable coins. Would that actually increase the grade or just the eye appeal?
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Pillar of the Community
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Acetone is a solvent that will remove grease, paint, glue resins and other residuals or contaminates that can get on a coin. It will not remove toning. A soak in Acetone may or may not remove some of the spots on the coin. Acetone soak will most likely improve the eye appeal and eye appeal is part of grading. There is always a chance when removing the coin from the flip of scratching or dropping it.
If you have any concerns about using Acetone, leave the coin original and do not remove from the flip. I would not want to make my first use of Acetone on my most expensive coin that was given to my by a relative.
If you every decide to use Acetone, do not wipe dry.
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02/26/2024 1:38 pm
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PegenWaukegan, Acetone will not change the technical grade only the eye appeal. Type acetone in the search box upper left of page and read up on using it. Practice only on junk coins first.I think you should leave it as is. John1  |
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AU53 is my grade acetone will not hurt the coin nor change its grade. it would enhance the eye appeal. I think its a good candidate for it. when folks talk about acetone it is not nail polish remover which is acetone however it has other components that would leave residuals on the coin. we are talking about 100% acetone you can get at any hardware store. John1 had a good comment to try it on another coin first where the value is not as high. you are not going to ruin the coin but its good practice. when using acetone it can be diluted as some folks recommend that. his comment about searching for acetone on the site will help you decide. we would not recommend using it if was going to hurt your coin. As stated do not try and rinse the coin after just let it dry on its own. it will evaporate quickly without leaving any residual. as a side note. I don't like to use flips for storing coins especially ones that have more value. get yourself some airtite's online to store it. something like these - https://www.ebay.com/itm/3545098558...9SR8DFkdu8Yw |
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Acetone will not remove the black spots.
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The main reason I use acetone on raw circulated coins is to remove any possible contaminants that may adversely affect the coin's surfaces over long-term storage, such as finger oils, environmental chemicals, old pvc residue, etc. which is why I also recommended this to OP. It can improve eye appeal sometimes but it's mainly because you don't always know who's been handling the coin and if they were handling it safely or how it was stored.
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AU50. I'd leave it as-is.
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