1959 Ben Franklin Proof...with spots!

Hi guys, today I bought a roll of 1959 Ben Franklin Proofs, but I found that they all have microscopic yellow spots.

1. First I was told...never clean them.
2. Never touch them with your bare fingers.
3. the one in the photo has the least spots.

How do I get those yellow spots off? or is it an SOL?

Thanks for your help in advance!

 

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You won't be SOL if you can get a refund, which I would do. These are the kind of rolls that a couple of Big Box sellers sell as "Premium Quality B.U. or Proof" and that can mean a variety of things like sliders, milk spots and more. I would not even consider tampering with them unless you can't get a refund. Not sure if this will come off at all w/o leaving something behind that might be worse.

 

Messing with proofs is always fraught with danger. On a trial coin you could try 1) soaking a couple of hours in acetone, rinse with running hot water (wash your hands to keep from getting any oils on the coin), rinse with distilled water and pat or blot dry. If it doesn't work, you have done no harm. Next would be to try eZest. also see what Tommy said above.

 

Depends on the active ingredients before you stick coins in it.
I see this product, but I can't find a list of ingredients. If you could please post them, since you have it in hand. Thank you.

 

If you can get a refund, do it. As Tommy pointed out, hopeless causes are frequently sold that way.

 

Anything you do will not be good. Seek a refund. Either milk spots or that coins has been sneezed on.

 

Extremely bad form, considering he has the company that sells this stuff! https://www.bbb.org/us/ct/bethel/profile/watchmaker-supplies/star-struck-llc-0111-87064011

Should we make a complaint to BBB if he doesn't apologize?

 

Sounded like a shill move in 2 diff posts, but I gave the benefit of the doubt.
I imagine whatever ingredients are in this cleaner, will be harmful to the coin.

 

I think pretty much all of them are thiourea/acid based.

 

Any type of a coin cleaner is just that, a cleaner. Dip it, rub and polish or rinse with soap and water, that coin has been cleaned.

 

A coin that is correctly cleaned should be undetectable.

 

Yes but it's still cleaned.

 

If you can't tell it's been cleaned...it hasn't been cleaned.

 

Kind of reminds me of the discussion about if pocket change could be considered "uncirculated", and the consensus was "If it looks uncirculated, it is uncirculated".

 

There is a difference between harshly cleaned and properly conserved.
This dip if not used exactly right is probably damaging more coins than it is conserving.

 

But used correctly, it is undectable.

 

I think that if a coin is BU and maybe has those unattractive brown toning on them it is ok to dip and rinse as this doesn't appear to strip the coin.