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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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HOLY MACKERAL! That's fantastic! With nothing but a q-tip? wow!
Thanks for sharing this! I was actually going to start a thread at some point showing the results of different cleaning methods. This is a great thread, well done!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ill bet a soak of verdi-care will get the remaining verdigris off.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I was amazed at this. I saw the coin and was pretty sure it would come off so I took pictures to show you guys.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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If its PVC then it will come back if you have not removed it all. I would suggest a soak in Acetone then a rinse with distilled water to make sure....
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Rest in Peace
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Valued Member
United States
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What a difference, I'll have to give that stuff a try.
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Valued Member
United States
266 Posts |
That is truly amazing. Does acetone do ANY sort of surface damage to coins? I have a 1871 IHC that has a touch of green stuff on it and I've been thinking of doing what you've done. I just don't want to ruin it in the process. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Acetone reacts with organic matter and not with the metal so it will clean the PVC and stuff but not harm the coin. It should be just fine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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One thing though is that the green stuff will get on the Q-tip so you should use a few. I used about 4 or 5 on this coin to get it cleaner.
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I am not seeing a before and after. Only the before, then some irrelevant commemorative coins.  It appears that you uploaded some more photos with the same file names as those used in your sales thread. (By the way, I just cleared my cache and now I see the correct images. I viewed your sales thread earlier when I moved it to the ended area). |
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United Kingdom
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Wow... thats quite an improvement! Thanks for sharing, I had no idea you could get such great results
www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk
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Valued Member
United States
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Well done! I have some candidates for the same procedure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
958 Posts |
ah man that was a very rare 1904 type2
it was worth around $ 15,000 in vf-2 unmolested condition , no that you cleaned it . it is worth about one dollar and fifty cents if anyone even wants it anymore
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It turned out great. Do you roll the q-tip between your fingers when cleaning? I also found out that the tackier the q-tip the better the cleaning.
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Pillar of the Community
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The lame ones dont have much fluff so they are more abrasive. and I roll a little bit but for the most part just rub. I wasnt really worried about hurting the coin.
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Posted 08/03/2010 12:29 pm
