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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Picked up 5 1971s "Blue Ike's off of ebay last week - won all 5 for a real nice price ($52.00) I got lucky as one of the 5 turns out to be a FS-401-1971S Silver Business Strike PEG LEG! There is a nice premium for these 71S Silver BS Peg Leg Ike's. Problem is it has rust/corrosion above the motto on the obverse. Question: Leave it as is or take it out of the Blue Pack envelope and soak with pure acetone? Would VERDI-CARE get rid of this corrosion? Thanks for any help, Chuck. Here are a few pics of the peg leg and the corrosion area above the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST"   
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Although the close up pic makes it look pretty bad, I don't think the corrosion looks like it will grow and it might be fine just leaving it there. Don't have too much experience with this, so will allow others to chime in.
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The corrosion looks like it attacked and ate into the metal already. I don't think the coin, now damaged, will retain its value and the damage negated the premium. You could experiment on it with the various conservation techniques.
KK
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Is it green? I think your camera might not be showing the true color. Those are silver clad, right? Not sure how the copper would get to the surface. Your best bet (if you're determined) would probably be a quick dip in diluted acid-thiourea solution, i.e. EZ-est. It's by far the best way to deal with silver problems.
As a first step, I'd put a drop of distilled water on it, let it sit for a couple minutes, then work it with a toothpick (while under fluid). Then I'd soak it in acetone for 5 minutes and see if it improves. Chance are, even with VC, a stain is going to be left behind and usually only a dip can get rid of that.
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Thanks for the help!
I'll try the distilled water/acetone to see any improvement.
Bad Thad: Yes,it is a 40% Silver Clad Ike.
Normally, if this was an ordinary 71S silver Ike I would not care to much about the spot etc, but since its a rare Peg Leg, I'd like to try to see if I can do something to fix it etc.
Chuck.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Let us know about the water/acetone results, I'm very curious but pessimistic. A quick and careful dip will probably work wonders on the coin. If done properly, dipping can work wonders on silver.
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there is copper in the outer layers...
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QUOTE from BadThad: "As a first step, I'd put a drop of distilled water on it, let it sit for a couple minutes, then work it with a toothpick (while under fluid). Then I'd soak it in acetone for 5 minutes and see if it improves. Chance are, even with VC, a stain is going to be left behind and usually only a dip can get rid of that." Bad THAD: One Thousand Thanks! I placed a drop of distilled water on the spot,used a Q-tip gently on the spot to soak up the water, then placed it in a jar with pure acetone for 3 days in my garage. Today, I removed it from the acetone,rinsed gently and then placed another drop of distilled water on the spot and this time I used a tooth-pick gently on the spot. Dried it off with a Q-tip and here is the results:   Its like brand new, just a hit from another coin etc. The premium value has returned! This coin will easily grade MS63 to maybe even a possible 65 now (IMHO). No need to even mess around with a Dip etc! THANKS AGAIN! Chuck.   Edited by chuckster 125
08/30/2011 12:24 pm
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Wow, that was unexpected.
Brad,
What is the distilled water for (besides rinsing)
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