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<p>[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 3640525, member: 59677"]Looks like it was glued to something for many years, so the glue protected some of the original surfaces while the rest of the coin toned during normal atmospheric exposure. Then it was popped off the backing, leaving some of the glue.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can try a soak in pure acetone to remove the glue, but nothing is going to fix the difference in exposure to the atmosphere except time which will make the whole thing - at best - an ugly uniform dark brown in another 80 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 3640525, member: 59677"]Looks like it was glued to something for many years, so the glue protected some of the original surfaces while the rest of the coin toned during normal atmospheric exposure. Then it was popped off the backing, leaving some of the glue. You can try a soak in pure acetone to remove the glue, but nothing is going to fix the difference in exposure to the atmosphere except time which will make the whole thing - at best - an ugly uniform dark brown in another 80 years.[/QUOTE]
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