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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgoon, post: 1640016, member: 38975&quot;]Hello All,</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a confessed lurker and not much of a poster.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been working on my type set for about 2 years now, trying to keep each individual coin cost below a certain threshold.&nbsp; This 20 cent piece is my latest acquisition.&nbsp; It&#039;s my lowest mintage coin so far, followed by a nice 1917-D Type 1 SLQ.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It was in decent shape in my opinion for the price and I thought an acetone bath would remove the green PVC and loose dirt.&nbsp; I let it soak for about 24 hours and gently prodded the larger spots with a toothpick.&nbsp; There appears to be a tiny bit of PVC residue left on the &quot;8&quot; and the tail feathers.&nbsp; I planned on a second, longer soak to see if any of it will further dissolve.</p><p><br /></p><p>So... my 2 questions:&nbsp; </p><p>I grade it VF20, what do you think?</p><p>Do you think the acetone soak improved its appearance?&nbsp; Will a longer acetone soak help/hurt?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>Andy</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]235915.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]235916.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]235917.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]235918.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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