Best way to clean this?

Guys - this pop-up is no longer a coin, and therefore coin rules for cleaning it simply do not apply.

It is now made into a piece of art / jewelry.

Jewelry is cleaned on a regular basis, so what is your rational to not cleaning it or only using acetone?

 

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Thank you all for your help. I will try the water and if that gets most of it off, I'll finish it off with the acetone.

 

I agree, $300 is way too steep. jmho

 

There are 5 Morgan Silver Dollars Pop out coins. I could not get a good photo of them so I used a other coin with the same problem as a example only. Morgan Silver Dollars Pop out coins I seen sell for $60 and up if you know or any one selling for less please let me know

 

Could you post a "non-good" photo of all 5, obverse and reverse?

 

There are many things that are made from coins but not intended for coin collectors at the time of making. Pop out coins were made for jewelry. Elongated coins, made as souvenirs for tourists. Love tokens were made to give to family and friends. Then you have the hobo nickels and coins, considered works of art. Most of them you will find cleaned and sometimes very harshly. Does it take away from the value?

 

As I wrote numerous times before, these art works are no longer coins, and therefore the strict "no cleaning" rules of coins do not apply.

Think of a silver plate on your living-room table, or a pair of silver candlesticks on your dining table, or a gold ring you're wearing or silver earrings - would you clean them, to make them look shiny and good? Yes, you would!

Now, as for "harsh" cleaning - would you harshly clean any of the above? Nope! So why would you do so for these works of art? Exactly!

 

I do not disagree with you. I do consider them a work of art that was made from a coin and not intended for the coin collector at the time of making. The pop outs as we know were for jewelry. Yes, you see them cleaned or sometimes not. Certain people here on the forum would consider, if I used a Q-tip on the pop out coin, I would be harshly cleaning it.

This is the first time that I ever thought of cleaning a coin at all. The substance on there bothers me. I was just trying to get an idea of what would be the best way to clean out the substance on it. I think the forum answered in a good way. I will try the water and if that doesn't work, then I will try acetone.

 

You folks need to look at it again. That is NOT a Morgan dollar, it's a Barber. No size reference so I can't say if it is a dime, quarter or half. If they were part of a bracelet they would probably be dimes, part of a belt maybe halves.

And the white crud could also be old silver polish they didn't get removed from the crevices.

 

The one in the photo is a Quarter The ones that I have are 5 Morgan dollars
What the coin it is not important it was how the best way to remove the white crud

 

John59 - I have requested several times that you post photos of the ones you have, both obverse and reverse, and you have ignored all of my requests. I don't understand it...

 

The photo is not coming out good cant make out the coins I will post one when I can get a better photo
There is a problem with my phone lens

 

Was about to post this myself. Obviously it's a Barber and most likely a Quarter based on the scale of the devices. Judging by the date and denomination, this may have been one produced at the New York World's Fair in 1909. Does it have an extra small flat metal piece on the reverse?

 

You're right... being as the OP was just using it as an example, I guess I didn't pay much attention to it. You know what they say about assuming...

My apologies.

 

I think you're talking about the one they made for Seattle. Here is a picture of one:

 

That's an interesting piece. I haven't seen one like it before. I believe they made repousse Barbers like the one the OP posted at the 1909 New York/New Jersey World's Fair (celebrating the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River). I suppose as this type of jewelry was fashionable at the time, they likely made them at other contemporary events.

 

This is the only one I know that was made for a Fair there could be other ones