Would a dip help his walker?

The black area looks like ugly toning. I dipped it in acetone but nothing happened. Nice looking coin. Just want to get rid of the black area to the left of Liberty.

Any thoughts?

 

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No way would I touch a coin like that. Maybe the photos minimize the effect you're seeing, but it just looks like a nice high VF/EF coin to me.

 

Yea that's why I'm wondering what I could do to get rid of that. I don't want to destroy it but I want it to look more even.

 

It looks like the remnant of some sort of corrosion. I don't think that you will have much luck getting rid of that.

 

It's not just you, so don't take it personal but it never ceases to amaze me how people who want a detailed and precise explanation to their questions, can post pictures of their coins with hair, lint and God knows what else on them.

 

No way. Your only hope of getting rid of the black spots is to make a pocket piece out of it.

 

I've a feeling there's more going on here than the typical silver sulfide toning process. You can't dip it away (if it even will) without needing to make a pocket piece thereafter anyway - dipped circulated coins are painfully obvious. It's all or nothing, no "partially" removing it. This one, I think, you just have to put up with.

 

I agree. I'd leave it alone, too. It's not the worst looking circulated silver coin I've seen.

 

Here is what I did to a 1938-D Walker that had some PVC residue on it.
I got a medium sized glass pickle jar. Cleaned it out with Dawn dish soap. Then ran it through the dishwasher with the daily load of dishes. Thoroughly dried it out. Then rinsed it with some acetone. Dried it again. Then carefully put the Half Dollar in the bottom of the jar, covered it with about an inch of acetone. Closed the lid on the pickle jar tightly and left it sealed & sit for 2 weeks. When I opened & rinsed it again with fresh acetone the Half Dollar looked so much better.
I don't know if this will work on the black area on the 1918-D Walker, but I don't think trying this for a 2 week soak will hurt it.
But like others have said, I think a DIP will not be an answer.

 

While the black stuff to the left isn't the prettiest, I'd prefer the original patina (98 years in the making!) to a dipped coin. I'd leave it be.

 

That sounds like a good plan. I would do that if it were my coin.

 

Maybe he/they have cats or dogs.... or a life without the benefit of superman vision. If you've ever imaged a coin, even with a dedicated untethered setup, it's all to easy to miss something that in real life can barely be seen. If he/they were imaging the coin for sale, then it would need to be reshot, but just to post here, ehh.... no harm no foul imo.

 

I don't even think the coin looks that bad IMO. Better to leave the surfaces original.

 

2 dogs and a toddler!

 

A dip will make it shine more but I don't think it will remove the black spots. A dip will also make the wear more evident and with the wear and being shiny, I think you just ruined that coin. Try soaking it in acetone for a long period, like a week or longer.

 

Worn silver never seems to dip well. I would not try that. How long was it in the acetone bath? Maybe a longer bath would help.

 

Worn silver shouldn't have surfaces as "clean" as dipping gets them. That's reserved for Mint State pieces.

I'm seeing a combination of crud and patina here, the typical result of a coin spending years doing what coins are made to do. Various methodologies would probably have to be combined to get all the stuff off - organic solvents would (eventually) remove some of it, but only stripping the surfaces will get the rest and chances are the darker areas which are the OP's actual concern would require the most "violent" intervention of all. And each step would result in certain areas looking artificially "clean" by comparison to the others. That's why I called it "all or nothing." In this case, it's just better to leave well enough alone. The only appropriate action - to me - is Paul M.'s suggestion of making it into a pocket piece, which has the problem of lowering the technical grade.

In my collection, it would stand as-is, an example of a coin that did its' job and is now enjoying an unmolested retirement. A goal we all strive towards, and I daresay by the time we're 98 years old we'd all hope to look as good.

 

Yea. I just had to ask about the acetone. The Op said it had a dip in acetone. I call a dip a few seconds. Just wondering if the acetone had a chance to do anything.

 

While nice, the coin looks environmentally damaged to me.