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That is what I read too. I used acetone for the first time on a rough large cent I got cheap. It turned like a white color but after using Verdicare, the white stuff went away. I really only trust distilled water, alcohol when needed, and Verdicare on copper.

 

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Two different coins??? One is an 1837 Coronet and an 1853 Braided, I'm not following the experiment.

 

It's a slightly abrassive method, but it does work, check out the video...,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkmBH-MjZF4

 

I treated both coins. The 1853 worked well but did not take a picture first before treating it. I actually just dribbled some Verdicare on it and used the spinning on the cloth method then noticed some in the crevices and soaked it. This was the 1853 before soaking in distilled water then soaking it in Verdicare. I was mainly talking about the 1837 Coronet head but just included the 1853 since I treated that too.
Before then after:

 

my brother best man is a coin dealer my bro told me he cleans coins with toothpaste

 

My dentist uses Verdicare to clean my teeth

 

Not a great marketing slogan for his biz.

 

Verdicare will make these sparkle

 

my little sis found that out, on accident

 

OK, there are enough posts on this "cleaning coins with toothpaste" to warrent a serious response, before that happens let me chime in. Toothpaste is an abbrasive, just like scouring powder or sandpaper. I have seen toothpaste recommended to buff out scratches from DVD's and CD's and to polish car headlights that were starting to look frosted. It does clean, it does remove crud, but it also leaves polishing marks. If you try this on an uncirculated coin or a proof coin, you have just trashed it. If you try this on worn coins, the scratching will still be visible.

 

Newbie here. I purchased some Franklin halves. 3 proofs, 2 circulated, in a album. 1 proof has a fingerprint that is black. Will acetone remove the fingerprint at this point ?

 

Also, I like the rainbow toned pennies (not sure what the proper term is for that ) so I save them as well. I use toothpaste to buff them up a bit. Anyone have a better way of doing that ?

 

No I havent. Its 68 pages long as I thought I would take a shortcut.

 

MS-70 worked well for me on proofs. Be sure to rinse off like crazy.

 

LOL !!!!! GDJ, when I posted those questions, I wasnt even through page 3 when I posted. I had no idea of the last post lol. I swear.

 

toothpaste is wonderful when applied to a brush and then to your mouth. for best results apply between 25 to 50 strokes..

 

I-like-clean-coins and I can not lie, you other brothers can deny, but when Abe's a mess and full of stress and-dirt-is-in-his-face, he gets brrrrushed !!

 

What you do to your own coins is up to you. It's only if you are cleaning them with the intent to deceive a buyer by not telling them the coin has been cleaned.

 

The comment is in form of a Sir Mix-A-Lot song. Im just messing around. You'll get use to my silliness soon enough.