I'm not trying to discourage you from experimenting with acetone, by all means do so. But you asked a specific question so I answered. You...
While there were some very limited experiments (defined as few coins here, a few there) with milled coinage prior to it, the first milled coinage...
Actually, it will usually have no more effect on it than distilled water does. And the odds are high distilled water will remove more of it than...
It will not. But Verdi-Care will. However, be aware that Verdi-Care will also leave a coating, a film, on your coins. Rule of thumb, if the...
Well if that was even close to true Kurt then how could you possibly still be here ? :rolleyes:
Well let's see, the first documented bank notes were made in 115 B.C. . And depending on whom you ask, coins are referred to as ancients at...
That's just it Dave, they didn't go through what they were supposed to make them look good - they did a lousy job plain and simple. When dies are...
We're doomed, DOOMED I tell ya ! :D
Using running tap water won't hurt anything, but ya need to rinse well in distilled water, a couple of times (fresh each time) after doing it to...
We shall have to agree to disagree. edit - what's the first rule of coin collecting ? Do not touch the surface of a coin with anything !
OMG !!! They've invaded Coin Chat !!! :D
Just remember that just because it worked for Robert, that doesn't mean it will work the same for everybody. There have been plenty of others who...
Bottom line die polish lines are a flaw, a mistake, a screw up, something that is NOT supposed to be there. And anything that is not supposed to...
That depends on the coin you're talking about. I'd readily agree you're not gonna hurt anything on most well circulated coins. Sure, you might...
You're forgetting that each coin, in and of itself, is also a unique variable when it comes to toning. You can put 10 coins, a hundred, in the...
Whatever it takes to do the job. Even if ya leave a coin in water for a week it's not gonna hurt anything. But, it may help a lot.
For whatever it's worth acetone typically does a poor job of removing ordinary dirt and grime - which is what is found on most circulated coins....
It sure did in mine, and it was a 2 hr rated safe. But that's the thing, not all fire rated safes are equal. Sentry safes for example, which I...
'82 was a pivotal year, that's when they stopped making copper cents and began making them out of copper plated zinc - which is probably why that...
Here's the thing, the silica gel packs I used tell you when they need to be recharged. So it doesn't matter where you live, they will still tell...
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