Best way to clean this?

The coin I have, couldn't take a picture of it, didn't come out good. I found this one that is similar to mine. There is some kind of white deposits. What would be the best way to remove these deposits?

What do you guys think?

 

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You don't clean it! Boil some distilled water let it set and see if the substance comes off .

 

You're right, I made a mistake and put clean on it.

 

You never ever remove patina from a coin! Doing so devalues the coins worth. Never try clean any old gun , antique unless you are an expert or have taken it for restoration .

 

This particular coin has these white deposits on it. There's no real patina on it because it was used for jewelry. It wasn't polished so it still has a nice surface. I'm just trying to clean it up to make it look a little better by getting the white crud out of it. It's value is maybe $300, not that much.

 

No patina?????? OK

 

It was cleaned but wasn't polished it was used for jewelry just a gray silver color no toning

 

May I ask how you came up with this? No disrespect intended, but that's awfully high for a Morgan repousse.

 

$15 for the coin and $285 for a dictionary.

Chris

 

It's 5 of them made in to what seams like bracelet or part of a belt not sure.I tried to take a photo did not come out good found one with the same more or less deposits on it
I think they sell for about $60 each picked it up for $80 not to bad I think

 

But there is always a clown

 

Make sure your repousse is silver, that white thing could be plaster which is indicative of casting. Take it to a jewelry shop and nicely ask them to test for metal content (not with acid, but with the testing machine). I had one of these and the coin was not an original Morgan Dollar. Try posting a picture.

 

It tested silver and 3 of them have the patent bar on them the white stuff could be from a old polishing it not plaster at least from what I see and the weight is right and size

 

the weight should not be the same, a large piece of morgan is missing and replaced by something else typically a plated metal of some type

 

Distilled water and wooden toothpick!

 

What? Where did you get this idea from?

 

Can you please also post a pic of the reverse?

Now, you write "there were 5 of them" - can you post pics of all 5, obverse and reverse?

I have a huge collection of these pop-out coins, and I would be able to answer many of your questions.

And, by the way, since these are works of art, and not a "coin", per se, you can clean it, as long as you don't use anything abrasive like a whiz or Dremel tool.

Would someone pay more for it with its "rusty dirty original" condition Vs. a nicely cleaned coin? Maybe, but it really doesn't matter.

Personally, I don't clean my pop-outs, but I did dip a few that I felt needed it, as well as submerge a couple copper pieces that were stored in PVC flips. As an educated appraiser of these, I would not take off a single Cent because of that.

 

I was under the impression he was saying his coin was the same weight as a silver dollar, looking at the picture I would say no, I've seen dozens of these and none matched up, however I did see a cup and saucer made from Canadian silver nickles that did, stunning work.

 

Just use you some acetone and be done with it. I've never had a problem with the stuff

 

Galen59 - the popped up Morgan should weigh exactly what a normal Morgan should weigh + the weight of the patent bar (if it had one).

Why would you think it would not weigh the same?