I usually never say I'm wrong since I think I never am wrong but here is one time I may well be really wrong.
GDJMSP keeps saying how Acetone can and does sometimes discolor coins. I keep saying that is impossible or rather improbable. So here is a photo of some coins;
All of these coins have gone through some horrible experiences. All were either polished or cleaned or corroded badly. Note the large cent. It was given to me due to massive corrosion so I started with solutions like Acetone, Laquer Thinners, Alcohols and almost anything else that possibly may fix it somewhat. The IHC is worses on the reverse and the corrosion is somewhat less than when I started. Both Nickels at one time were so polished they looked like Chrome. SLQ too was polished but not as bad. All the cents were just corroded, dirty and then cleaned by something.
Not long ago I placed all these in a glass jar of Acetone, left it for weeks outside on a picnic table, covered of course. After about one month just sitting there I took all of them out and placed on a kitchen window sill. Not rinsed with anything.
Note the actual RED color of the large cent. Appears GDJMSP was correct saying sometimes Acetone could discolor a coin. I've no idea why only that one turned RED but it is really, really RED. Not the Red people say about a Lincoln Cent but a real RED
Note the differences in color of the other Cents. All reacted differently to that last Acetone bath for that time. Might be due to all coins being together, or in the Sun, or anything else. Odd that the SLQ appears to be the best condition now.
I know it could not have been due to some contamination on the coins since all of these had already gone through a massive attempt to get rid of polishing, cleaning, corroding, etc.
So I guess I'm wrong for the first time in my life?
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