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upstate Pillar of the Community United States 3283 Posts	Posted 10/04/2011 7:04 pm Does anyone have any experience with rubber band stains on silver coins? Will the stain come off with acetone? Thank you for your replies in advance- Steve Report this Post to the Staff

murrellington Pillar of the Community United States 3276 Posts	Posted 10/04/2011 7:10 pm I believe the acetone should work.... Only problem is if the rubber band caused some toning then that will stay there. do you have pictures? Report this Post to the Staff
upstate Pillar of the Community United States 3283 Posts	Posted 10/04/2011 7:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Lobby Pillar of the Community United States 548 Posts	Posted 10/04/2011 7:41 pm I have that on one of my coins. I was wondering what that was. Report this Post to the Staff
jedichef Pillar of the Community United States 781 Posts	Posted 10/04/2011 8:55 pm there's a good chance that some remnant of the stain will remain. who knows what kinds of rubber or softener/plasticizers were present in the rubber band. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 10/04/2011 10:02 pm Acetone would remove any actual pieces of degraded rubber that might be still stuck to the coin, but the tarnish stripe left behind will not come off in acetone. Rubber is chock-full of sulfur, and it's this sulfur that has reacted with the silver to turn it black. Regular "toning" on a coin is caused by a similar reaction with atmospheric sulfur. Tarnish remover or "dip" will get rid of the stripe, but the end result will be a dipped coin. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
upstate Pillar of the Community United States 3283 Posts	Posted 10/04/2011 10:41 pm Thanks Sap, I decided to pass on the coin Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 10/15/2011 6:06 pm Sap nailed it, both cause and what it will take to remove it. Report this Post to the Staff
yankee1227 Pillar of the Community United States 1151 Posts	Posted 10/15/2011 6:15 pm Not too bad of details though, but why would anybody have a rubberband around a coin? Report this Post to the Staff
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