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buggs Valued Member United States 158 Posts	Posted 08/10/2011 3:08 pm I have read many threads that peroxide bath, distilled water for final rinse, air dry, and natural oils are an acceptable method before sleeving the coin for storage to preserve for years. Was I wrong and messed up? I can take the beating. Edited by buggs 08/10/2011 3:26 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Tunnioc Pillar of the Community United States 3179 Posts	Posted 08/10/2011 3:43 pm I don't think you should have cleaned it. It looks alot darker and oily now, (cleaned). Report this Post to the Staff
buggs Valued Member United States 158 Posts	Posted 08/10/2011 4:41 pm Being new to this it's an education. First pics posted were from a scanner, second set digital camera. Yes it did become darker. Guess maybe when my son becomes 30 years old it will have lighten up a bit. Live and learn I guess. Thanks everyone Report this Post to the Staff
ikandiggit Pillar of the Community Canada 1166 Posts	Posted 08/11/2011 07:32 am I don't know exactly how much it will affect your coin but on some (especially silver or high grade coppers) any kind of cleaning can devalue it by as much as 80% or more. Hairlines from cleaning cloths and residue from products can kill the premium. Report this Post to the Staff
randy0050 Valued Member United States 246 Posts	Posted 08/12/2011 2:08 pm nice !! Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 08/12/2011 7:14 pm not sure why you decided to do anything to the coin but that should never ever happen. As stated above I am not sure how it effects the coin as I have never heard of this treatment but I can tell you that I wish you would have asked in here before doing anything to the coin because it needed nothing. The only reason to ever do anything to a coin is if there are verdigris that can harm the coin if left on there, but this one had no problems at all and can decrease the value by a HUGE amount and in some cases make a valuable find worth nothing but face value. I don't know where you read that this was acceptable but I sure hope it wasn't a coin site, because a coin should never be cleaned unless there is no other way to save it from future damage. The chances of it ever lightning up is never going to happen, no matter how long you wait. Your son could be 130 and it would still be dark if not darker from the treatment you applied to the coin Report this Post to the Staff
buggs Valued Member United States 158 Posts	Posted 08/15/2011 11:30 pm Yes did mess up. But was honest about it. Only reason was under the microscope did show verdigris in my opinion. But I am still new and have no expertise in this. Reading around the web on those methods led me to believe it was acceptable. Do have coins that have gone rotton so I was only trying to preserve. Count on it never happing again. Thought I would pull it from the album and post pics from the scanner instead of the digital camera. My camera makes things look different in color. doesn't look as dark, but it is darker. Thanks everyone Report this Post to the Staff
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