Yes I have used Acetone and if used in a room the fumes will get you, you have to use it outside for sure!!
I have some coins that I treated that way and they are now several years old and don't show any harmful effects but I'm not saying it couldn't!!...
Thanks for that info! I have been collecting coins & currency for quite some time. I will be 68 years old soon so I guess you can teach an old dog...
No cost is not an issue and I use Windex Glass cleaner with Dawn liquid dish detergent and then rinse with hot water and pat dry on some silver...
That is a very nice coin! Amazing I had never heard of a Straits Settlement coin before but I have gained a lot of info !
yeah I know it won't get a clean slab but the area you are looking at as toning is an area that actually has something on it that resembles...
Sorry I'm not a code talker, I just got the coin and had never seen one and had never heard of Straits Settlement. No it goes in my collection...
Thanks for the reply! I looked up the history and they are from Southeast Asia,didn't know it at the time but that's where I was stationed....
This is a picture of a Straits Settlement 50 cent coin that I recently picked up from a Scrap Gold Shop![ATTACH][ATTACH]
Yeah you are right, I know it does not carry a premium but wanted to get some other opinions and now I have them! Thanks to all for sharing your...
Oh yes! I will not send it in the ANACS slab. I would have sent it to PCGS or NGC to start with but ANACS had a special offer of $10.00 per coin...
I see the area you are pointing to but looking at it with coin in hand and under soft incandescent light it does not show up like that, I think...
I checked every centimeter of that coin,rims,obverse and reverse and edge with a 7x all the way up to 60 x with a microscope attached to my...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is one I got back from ANACS with MS details grading because of counting wheel damage! I know I am old and my eye sight is...
My thoughts to but I don't collect errors and thought this one was interesting ! Thanks
Yelp! That's what I thought but as I said I don't collect errors but this one was interesting. Thanks
Good answer!! :-)
Thank you. I appreciate your opinion,that's what I thought but as I said I do not collect errors but I thought this was worth getting some advice...
[ATTACH] Any opinions on this coin would be appreciated. I am not an error collector but I got this in change and thought it was interesting.
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