While admiring this coin for the 10th time , I finally noticed there seems to be a lamination peel pressed over the loop of the bottom MM. Am I...
I happen to agree with you about the acetone only coin looking almost acceptable but I have obviously have not learned how to do perform the...
I could not agree with you more. Every single hairline scratch ended up being accentuated.
I was trying to achieve a clean that left the underlying luster intact & emphasized it if possible. I didn't want to actually remove all of the...
Those are the kind of finds that make pocket change fun !
finally the obv & rev of the most heavily cleaned coin of the 3. this one I gently swabbed with an acetone soaked q-tip then rinse with tap water....
I realized that I was not lighting my finished product/s equally so I tried to run a better control of the lighting in these next few images.
Looking from let to right are further examples of uncleaned , acetone only & acetone+shampoo. The images of the single coins should run from...
In this section the previously mentioned cleaning took place on the respective coins while the "S" mint marked coin remains uncleaned.
This experiment was performed on common heavily circulated 90% junk silver so as not to run the risk of ruining a special coin. 1) The coins I...
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