I'm honestly new to the field of collecting/dealing. It doesn't mean I haven't done my homework or worked on coins and am constantly refining my...
Acetic acetic and I'm assuming acetone (I don't use it since its vapor point is too high to apply heat to the coins and expand the metal) leaves a...
Hasn't come up as an issue actually so it must not be noticeable at either a glance or 5x. Polishing may not be the correct term for undoing or...
no though you're both cheeky and clever
The real trick is in finding a way to micropolish coins evenly with something softer than silver and that they'd naturally encounter in their...
Acetic acid has a ph of ~2.4. That's well above the threshold of doing anything to silver or any of it's naturally occurring oxides. Got me a...
Thank you for the help guys and thank you forum moderator for explaining the wide variety of things that can fall under a generic tag of cleaned...
I'm not a troll. My dexterity skill is way too low. There is no hyperbole present; just genuine curiosity and excellent grammer with terrable...
I'm an archaeologist and I've restored just about every sort of artifact you can think of, but I am new to the world of U.S. Coins. Proper...
I am not promoting improper cleaning here but I am an Archaeologist and a professional preservationist. My question is this: Why is having an...
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