Ask and you shall receive. I hate this because there is no disclaimer that what is being done in that video is extremely damaging to the coin. I have said it before and will say it again because a new collector may not know that this will damage and devalue their coins. But DO NOT CLEAN YOUR COINS. DO NOT erase them with a pencil eraser, DO NOT acid treat, DO NOT brush the teeth of your coins. I have never seen a coin with an image of someone smiling, so why toothpaste? DO NOT use rock tumblers, DO NOT use jack hammers or nuclear bombs on your coins. I believe that as collectors, we need to preserve coins. We will not be the last to own them and we should not treat it as such. This is true for all collecting. You know that spray painting an antique desk will destroy its value don't you? Even though it will be shinier, it will be worth less and seasoned collectors will not want it in their collection. There is a huge difference in preservation, cleaning and polishing. If you do not know the difference, just put your coins in 2x2's and leave them alone. :dead-horse:
Here the scoop. Coins are cleaned properly when they your coins. But when they are someone else coins, they damaged...especially on ebay. Furthermore, my coins are never damaged, so don't even ask or point a finger. Ruben
As far as I know acetone will not affect natural toning. It may react with surface contaminates since it's not neutral. I believe that was the selling point for Dissolve (Alphabet solvent) that it would not react with surface contaminates. I never had a reaction to rinsing toned coins with acetone. But maybe it's not worth the risk for Reich's mistress. Besides, your just being facetious with this aren 't you?
Not with me but I can check tomorrow. I believe there's a reference to it in CoinWorld Almanac. But I'll have to check. Is there really something you don't like about that toning? It's beautiful.
Sure it is, and it's quite simple. The difference between cleaning and harsh/improper cleaning is that cleaning does no harm to the coin, and harsh/improper cleaning does harm the coin. Actually, they DO polish the coins at the Smithsonian. Yes, you can look it up in Weimar White's book Coin Chemistry. Or, you can simply take the word of dozens of us here on the forum that acetone will not remove natural toning from a coin.